| LC control no. | n 2007023896 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Salomon, Charlotte, 1917-1943. Leben oder Theater |
| Found in | Leben oder Theater? 1986. Wikipedia, viewed Apr. 4, 2007 (Charlotte Salomon entrusted more than 1,000 gouaches to a friend. These included her autobiographical series of paintings Life? or Theater? (Leben? oder Theater?) consisting of 769 paintings painted between 1940 and 1942. Leben? oder Theater? is not only a series of paintings; it includes a script in the form of words that are either themselves in the form of paintings, written into the paintings, or presented as overlays to the images. It also has a 'soundtrack' - music chosen by Charlotte that reinforces her stories; only exhibited since the 1960's; there have been exhibitions of parts of Life? or Theater?) Answers.com, viewed Apr. 4, 2007 (Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943), a young German artist, painted her autobiography in the midst of World War II; Salomon's work: "Life or Theater?: An Operetta" unfolds in 1,350 paintings of astonishing vividness and force; after 1980, it achieved international renown through publications, film, drama, and popular exhibits in Amsterdam, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Miami, Tel Aviv, Berlin, etc.) |
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