Brigitte Coudrain
Brigitte Coudrain (born 21 October 1934) is a French engraver, painter and illustrator. In 1954 she studied in the studio of Johnny Friedlaender.
Brigitte Coudrain

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- Born
- 21 October 1934
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- etcher · painter · graphic artist
- Teachers
- Johnny Friedlaender
- Languages
- French
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Training under Johnny Friedlaender is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Brigitte Coudrain is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Ackland Art Museum, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections and print collection of the national Library of BAnQ.
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• Born — 21 October 1934 • Birthplace — Paris
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Brigitte Coudrain, an engraver, etcher, painter, printmaker and graphic artist, was born on 21 October 1934 in Paris. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
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• Smithsonian American Art Museum • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York • Minneapolis Institute of Art • Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University • Ackland Art Museum • McNay Art Museum
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- 1.Coudrain, Brigitte. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. 978-0-19-977378-7.
- 2.Coudrain, Brigitte. Five Drawings. Autumn-Winter 1959-1960. 22. 1959.
- 3.Brigitte Coudrain Smithsonian American Art Museum. americanart.si.edu.
- 4.Brigitte Coudrain. www.metmuseum.org. 1964.
- 5.Europa, Brigitte Coudrain ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art. collections.artsmia.org.
- 6.Cantor Arts Center - Brigitte Coudrain. cantorcollection.stanford.edu.
- 7.Works – Brigitte Coudrain – People – eMuseum. ackland.emuseum.com.
- 8.Untitled. McNay Art Museum Online Collection.
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