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Jean Cohen - Artist (1927-2013)
Jean Doris Cohen was an American artist whose work spanned 6 decades. She was educated at Cooper Union and her paintings are in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New Jersey State Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the University of Maine, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. She was an abstract painter in the New York area and was involved with the 1950s avant garde art scene.

Early Life and Education
Jean Cohen was born in New York in 1927, to Abraham and Anna Cohen, the oldest of three children. She studied at Cooper Union from 1945-1948 where she met painter Alex Katz to whom she was married from 1949-1956. She also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting in Maine.

Career
Jean Cohen was a member of the vibrant Tenth Street Artists Galleries during the 1950s and 1960s. Her one person exhibitions include The Marcella Geltman Gallery in New Jersey; Broome Street Gallery, New York and The Landmark Gallery, New York in which she was a founding member.