Alice Rahon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alice Rahon

French painter and writer

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1904

Place of Birth: Chenecey-Buillon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1987

Profession: writer, poet, painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Alice Phillipot (Alice Rahon) (8 June 1904 – September 1987) was a French/Mexican poet and artist, whose work contributed to the beginning of abstract expression in Mexico.
She began as a surrealist poet in Europe, but began painting in Mexico.
She was a prolific artist from the late 1940s to the 1960s, exhibiting frequently in Mexico and the United States, with a wide circle of friends in these two countries.
Her work remained tied to surrealism, but was also innovative including abstract elements and the use of techniques such as sgraffito and the use of sand for texture.
She became isolated in her later life due to health issues, and except for retrospectives at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1986 and at the Museo de Arte Moderno in 2009 and 2014, has been largely forgotten despite her influence on Mexican modern art.