Discovering Oscar Cahén: The Warrior
TrépanierBaer in collaboration with The Cahén Archives and Feheley Fine Arts is thrilled to announce the online release of the documentary Discovering Oscar Cahén: The Warrior, by Howard Brull. This captivating video is now available online through the Art Canada Institute’s (ACI) video series.
Over two years in the making, this documentary presents insightful and relevant observations on the life and career of the prolific and influential artist Oscar Cahén and his pivotal painting titled The Warrior, 1956.
The documentary features commentaries by Sarah Milroy (Executive Director and Chief Curator, McMichael Canadian Collection); Dr. Jaleen Grove (Assistant Professor Rhode Island School of Design and author Oscar Cahén, Life & Work), Dr. Sara Angel: Art Canada Institute (ACI); Michael Cahén (The Cahén Archives); Yves Trépanier (TrépanierBaer Gallery) and artist David Urban, among others.
After Oscar Cahén’s untimely death at the age of 40 in 1956, much of his work was out of view and seldom seen by the public. His works remained in storage for more than six decades; exhibitions and discussion about his work were intermittent.
In recent years, however, a renewed interest in Oscar Cahén has inspired exhibitions and accompanying scholarly publications, namely Oscar Cahén published in 2017 to accompany the eponymous solo exhibition curated by the late Jeffrey Spalding and organized by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
Through this documentary, Oscar Cahén’s life and career are succinctly presented to a new generation of audiences, along with his pivotal painting The Warrior, the largest and one of Cahén’s most remarkable paintings.
TrépanierBaer, The Cahén Archives and Feheley Fine Arts would like to thank Sara Angel and her team at the Art Canada Institute for their support in making Discovering Oscar Cahén: The Warrior available to audiences across Canada and around the world.
Access the full documentary here.
Oscar Cahén
The Warrior, 1956
Oil on canvas
79.4″ x 102.5″ (201.7 x 260.6 cm)