A reversed kiss, a fleeting caress, a friendly hug... More than any other artist of her time, Chana Orloff had the gift of sculpting women. Whether they are young, old, pregnant, widowed, round or skinny, the sculptor herself admits: her versions are better than those of her male colleagues. A pioneer in a world dominated by men, Chana Orloff will let herself be guided by her instinct and a universal feeling, love. Widowed at the dawn of her 30s, the star sculptor of the School of Paris never remarried. Out of love for her son, the artist nevertheless raised her only child alone.
poor health. Out of love for her adopted country, Israel, she will carry out large commissions for several monuments including the moving Ein Maternity
Gev. A monumental sculpture of a mother tightly holding her child in her arms, an unexpected and daring theme for the time. Because love
is law in each of Chana Orloff's creations, this gentle exhibition invites us above all to celebrate family, maternal bonds, resilience and finally hope. Through the selection of around a hundred sculptures, the Zadkine Museum paints the portrait of a free and independent woman with powerful works, entirely devoted to the celebration of the feminine gender.