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Hannelore Baron
American artist (1926 - 1987)
Hannelore Baron | |
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Undated photo of Hannelore Baron in her studio | |
| Born | Hannelore Alexander (1926-06-08)June 8, 1926 Dillingen, Germany |
| Died | April 28, 1987(1987-04-28) (aged 60) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | collages 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.
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