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Valentine Prax
The Life and Art of Valentine Prax Born in Annaba, Algeria, Valentine Prax was a French expressionist and cubist painter. After studying art at the École des Beaux-Arts in Algiers, she moved to Paris in 1919. In the avant-garde Montparnasse neighborhood, she met the sculptor Ossip Zadkine, whom she married in 1920. Her early career saw significant recognition, including a solo exhibition in Paris in 1924 and an exhibition at Galerie Be
rthe Weill in January 1924. During the German occupation of Paris, Prax remained in France to protect her property and her husband's bronze sculptures, which she hid in the basements of neighbors. She chose to destroy some of her husband's paintings to prevent them from being scattered by the Nazi regime. During the war years, her style shifted toward cubism and mythology, often drawing on her Algerian memories. Exhibitions and Leg…