Carol Cohen
American artist Carol Cohen (1939–2020) developed a special technique of painting sheet glass to portray three-dimensional imagery in her glass sculptures. She trained in the Department of Painting and Design at the Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1956 to 1957 before earning her BA in anthropology and sociology from George Washington University in 1961. Cohen began her artistic career in 1970, working first as a painter and then exploring sculpture in various media before moving into glass. Prior to retiring in 2008, Cohen’s studio was based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Works
Red Shoes, 1987. Stacked painted glass. H: 9 in, W: 13 in, D: 6 in. Bard Graduate Center Paul Hollister Slide Collection. Image courtesy of Carol Cohen Collection.
Springtime for Teapots, 1988. Stacked painted glass. H: 6.75 in, W: 14.5 in, D: 10.5 in. Bard Graduate Center Paul Hollister Slide Collection. Image courtesy of Carol Cohen Collection.
White Fish II, 1992. Painted glass and wood. H: 36.25 in, W: 20 in, D: 11 in (H: 92.1 cm, W: 50.8 cm, D: 27.9 cm). Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, 1993.26, © 1992, Carol Cohen.
Bibliography
“Jon Kuhn and Carol Cohen—Ergründung des Innenraumes / Exploration of Inner Space.” Neues Glas, no. 4 (October/December 1988): 281–87.