1. Charles Biederman, born Karel Joseph Biederman, was an American abstract artist who lived in Chicago, New York City, and Paris before settling in Red Wing, Minnesota.
10 Facts About Charles Biederman
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Charles Biederman spent nine months in Paris from October 1936 through the middle of 1937.
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Unlike Cezanne Charles Biederman abandoned painting early in his career, focusing on three-dimensional reliefs after 1937.
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Between 1937 and 1941, Charles Biederman lived in New York City and Chicago and continued to explore the ideas developed in Paris.
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Charles Biederman made relief constructions, often incorporating non-traditional materials such as string, wire, and glass panes.
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Charles Biederman married in 1941 and moved to Red Wing, Minnesota in 1942 with his wife, Mary Moore Biederman.
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Charles Biederman carried on a long correspondence with the physicist David Bohm.
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Charles Biederman died at home in 2004 at the age of 98.
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Charles Biederman's estate was given to the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, which has organized traveling exhibitions of Biederman's work.
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Charles Biederman's archive, including notebooks, sketches, and models, can be found at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis.