'Painter tried to heal wounds of people'
Annie Cohen-Solal, a French writer, historian and sociologist, at the French Institute in Seoul, Tuesday. / Korea TimesBy Kang Hyun-kyungAnnie Cohen-Solal, a French writer, historian and sociologist, said that her encounters with a great contemporary philosopher and a painter, Jean Paul Sartre and Mark Rothko, respectively, were life-changing experiences.She first read the works of philosopher, novelist and political activist Sartre when she was a college student. She later met him in person.Cohen-Solal took an interest in Mark Rothko (1903-1970), an American painter of Russian Jewish descent, in the late 1980s when she served as cultural counselor at the French Embassy in the United States.Sartre and Rothko motivated the writer to trace their lives and works. Her studies of the two great figures later led her to begin writing.Cohen-Solal released a biography of the French philosopher, titled “Sartre: A Life” in 1988. The book has been translated into 16 languages. In March, she published a book about the abstract expressionist painter titled, “Mark Rothko: To
May 20, 2015By Kang Hyun-kyung
