Anna Kogan Explained

Anna Kogan (1902–1974) was a Soviet artist.

Biography

Kogan was born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire in 1902. From 1919 to 1922 she studied at the Higher Art School of Vitebsk under Kazimir Malevich.^[1]

In 2009 Artnews reported that she was an "enigma to art historians", due to a lack of biographical history and the fact that none of her works appeared in Russian Art Museums.^[2]

Her work is included in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco^[3] and the Seattle Art Museum.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ontdek graficus, ontwerper, schilder Anna Aleksandrovna Kagan. rkd.nl.
2. Web site: The Faking of the Russian Avant-Garde. July 1, 2009.
3. Web site: Anna Kogan. September 21, 2018. FAMSF Search the Collections.
4. Web site: Anna Kogan – Artists – eMuseum. localhost.