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Hannelore Baron

American artist (1926 - 1987)

Hannelore Baron

Undated photo of Hannelore Baron in her studio

Born

Hannelore Alexander


(1926-06-08)June 8, 1926

Dillingen, Germany

DiedApril 28, 1987(1987-04-28) (aged 60)
NationalityAmerican
Known forcollages and box constructions

Hannelore Baron (June 8, 1926 – April 28, 1987) was a German-born American artist who created highly personal, book-sized, abstract collages and box constructions, and exhibited in the late 1960s.

Selected Works - Hannelore Baron - Michael Rosenfeld Art

Biography

Born in Dillingen/Saar, Germany, Baron and her family fled persecution in Nazi Germany, illegally crossing the border into Luxembourg in 1939. In 1941 Baron's family sailed from Lisbon to New York and settled in the Bronx, New York City. By the time she graduated from the Staubenmiller Textile High School in Manhattan, Baron was reading eastern philosophy, making increasingly abstract paintings and probably already experiencing the symptoms of claus hannelore baron biography of michael2 KUDU