Herdan, Kurt Lucian

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HERDAN, KURT LUCIAN

HERDAN, KURT LUCIAN (1922– ), Chilean artist. Born in Romania, Herdan spent from 1941 to 1944 in concentration camps. He moved to Israel in 1950 and had his first exhibition in Tel Aviv in 1953. In 1954, he moved to Santiago, Chile, and became director of a private art academy. From 1956 to 1959 he made interior decorations for the Municipal Theater in Santiago, Chile. In 1964, he founded with other Chilean artists the Group "Form and Space" in Santiago.

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