Catherine Zoubtchenko (born in 1937) is a Russian-born French artist most well known for her abstract style of painting. She was born in

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, Russia, and was deported along with her parents to Berlin in 1941 by

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. She moved to

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in 1954 where she started her life as an artist. Zoubtchenko's work has been circulating in the art market for some time. According to

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, she has had paintings sold at Auction as early as 1989. Her paintings usually sell for upwards of €6,000 and even up to €20,000. Her work has been commented upon by Jean-Claude Marcadé and exposed in numerous galleries and museums throughout Europe (especially within France and Russia). Catherine Zoubtchenko is still active and continues to paint in her studio in Paris.

Education

Catherine Zoubtchenko studied in both the

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and

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between 1954 and 1955. In summer 1958 (at the age of 21) she became the sole pupil of

André Lanskoy André Lanskoy (31 March 1902 – 24 August 1976) was a Russian painter and printmaker who worked in France. He is associated with the School of Paris and Tachisme, an abstract painting movement that began during the 1940s. Biography He wa ...

. Catherine Zoubtchenko worked and lived with Lanskoy for the rest of his life, until death in 1976.

Art-Style

Typically using

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or water colours, Catherine Zoubtchenko paints non-figurative abstract works of art.

Exhibitions

Personal exhibitions

* Galerie Jacques MASSOL, Paris, 1972 * Restaurant-théâtre Au bec fin, Paris, 1980 * Galerie LA GALÉE, Hollande, 1981 * Centre culturel de Meudon, France, 1982 * Union de Banques à Paris : inauguration de l'agence des Champs-Elysées, 1984 * Galerie TAYLOR, Paris, 1986 * Galerie Verriere, Lyon, 1987 * Galerie Michel Guinle-La Main, Lyon, 1989 * Galerie Marie-Thérèse Wagner, Thionville, 1991 * Galerie "Am Stadtplatz, Aarberg, Suisse, 1992 * Restaurant "Léonidas", Paris, 1997

Museums that Exposed Her Work

* National Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia * Fine Art Museum, Bordeaux, France * The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia * Fine Art Museum, Lille, France

References

Living people 1937 births Artists from Saint Petersburg Artists from Paris {{France-painter-stub