Oscar Cahén, visual artist (born, 8 February 1916 in Copenhagen; died, Oakville, 26 November 1956). In the mid 1950s Oscar Cahén was a leading magazine illustrator and abstract painter in Canada, a member of the collective Painters Eleven. In 1953-54 his work was included in the exhibition to represent Canada in the Second Bienal do Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Considered a seminal influence in the advancement of abstract art in Canada, his work is in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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