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OSCAR
CAHÉN
FICTION
Oscar Cahén completed a phenomenal amount of fiction illustration for most of the leading periodicals in Canada. The variation in styles in his fiction work is quite remarkable; Cahén never slipped into a rut in 15 years. He absorbed influences from Western and non-Western art, clipping and saving LIFE magazine's frequent art features. Although he was critical of mainstream American illustration, Cahén still worked within its general vocabulary - and then added to it.
 CR# 1096"The Crippled Killer" New Liberty December 1948 |  CR# 509"A Cage for the Birdman" Maclean's October 1 1954 |  CR# 454"Hayaqw'us and the Cross" Weekend Magazine Nov 17 1951 |  CR# 1109"All the fun of the Fair" Maclean's Magazine October 15 1952 |  CR# 139["High Life"] |  CR# 001Cover: Maclean's Magazine October 15 1951 |  1064.png |
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 CR# 1037"The Firing Squad" Maclean's Magazine Jan 1 1953 |  CR# 870"Cold War Roulette" Maclean's Magazine |  CR# 542"Rendezvous in Riga" Maclean's Magazine Jan 5th 1950 |  CR# 453"Round Trip to Eternity" Maclean's Magazine Nov. 1 1953 |  CR# 128[MGM] 1938 |  CR# 1064"An Ikon for Irena" Maclean's Magazine August 1 1952 |  CR# 527"When the Children Went to War" Maclean's Magazine May 15 1954 |
 CR# 088"Murder in Muskoka" Chatelaine Magazine August 1951 |  CR# 767"All their Children were Acrobats" Standard Magazine Dec 25 1943 |  CR# 1884"Dreams are Dangerous" |  CR# 111"The Glamour of Dawning Abercrombie" Weekend Magazine Oct 11 1952 |  CR# 071"Catcalls for Papa" Weekend Magazine September 26 1953 |  CR# 538Untitled |  CR# 115"The Californian's Tale" New Liberty Magazine Jan 24 1948 |
 CR# 116"Ottawa's First and Last Sidewalk Cafe" Maclean's July 9 1955 |  CR# 119[New Year's Eve] |  CR# 273"The Pirate" New Liberty Magazine Feb 14 1948 |  CR# 1236"A Fight He Could Not Win" 1954 |  CR# 1232"The Lady is Afraid" Maclean's July 15 1950 |  CR# 1135"The Ghosts of Love" Canadian Home Journal May 1954 |  CR# 1127"The Most Beautiful Girl I've Ever Known" Maclean's Sept 15 1951 |
 CR# 1126"She Didn't Care What People Thought" Maclean's Magazine Sept 15 1956 |  CR# 1089Another Sort of Anniversary" Maclean's April 1 1951 |  CR# 1041"Perish my Love" New Liberty September 1951 |  CR# 984"My Husband's Play" New Liberty Nov 1948 |  CR# 979"The Storybook Murder" New Liberty Magazine |  CR# 874"The Pigeon and the Eagle" Maclean's Feb 15 1948 |  CR# 836"You can't do that to Svoboda" Standard Magazine April 22 1944 |
 CR# 735Maclean's Cover August 1 1952 |  CR# 546"Clarence Meets the Professionals" |  CR# 529"Music and the Moonlight" Standard Magazine May 26, year n/a |  CR# 099"SodaPop is Good for ichabod" Standard Magazine April 22 1950 |  CR# 253"When Johnny Lifted the Horn" Weekend Magazine Dec 29 1951 |  CR# 260"Mr. Cohen's Leprechaun" Chatelaine Magazine January 1954 |  CR# 132"The Rustler and the Reindeer" Maclean's Magazine Dec 15 1954 |
 CR# 1272Maclean's cover September 17 1955 |  CR# 515"The Strange Death of Daddy Daniels" Maclean's Magazine June 15 1953 |  CR# 101"Olga" Maclean's Magazine December 8 1956 |  CR# 536"Murder in Muskoka" Chatelaine Magazine July 1951 |  CR# 087"The Hangman in the Fog" Maclean's Magazine October 15 1953 |  CR# 477"The White Pagan" Maclean's Magazine May 15 1951 |  CR# 1857"Mena" |
 CR# 470New Liberty December 1949 |  CR# 273 detail"The Gravestone" New Liberty March 1948 |  CR# 088"Murder in Muskoka" Chatelaine Magazine August 1951 |  CR# 277"The Incredible Carollers" Weekend Magazine December 13 1952 |
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