Artist. Born Julius Pincas in Bulgaria, he moved to Paris in 1905. He lived in the United States during World War I and became an American citizen in 1920, but returned to Paris later that year. There he personified the bohemian image of the loose-living, dissolute artist. Specializing in nudes, he mitigated their often erotic nature with soft lines and subtle colors; George Grosz called them "elegant little obscenities". Pascin enjoyed great success on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1920s, but after the 1929 Wall Street crash his popularity seemed to vanish overnight. Depressed over a troubled love affair and increasingly hostile reviews of his work, he hanged himself in his Montmartre studio. Ernest Hemingway devoted a chapter of his book "A Moveable Feast" to Pascin.
Artist. Born Julius Pincas in Bulgaria, he moved to Paris in 1905. He lived in the United States during World War I and became an American citizen in 1920, but returned to Paris later that year. There he personified the bohemian image of the loose-living, dissolute artist. Specializing in nudes, he mitigated their often erotic nature with soft lines and subtle colors; George Grosz called them "elegant little obscenities". Pascin enjoyed great success on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1920s, but after the 1929 Wall Street crash his popularity seemed to vanish overnight. Depressed over a troubled love affair and increasingly hostile reviews of his work, he hanged himself in his Montmartre studio. Ernest Hemingway devoted a chapter of his book "A Moveable Feast" to Pascin.
Bio by: Bobb Edwards
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