Pegeen Vail Guggenheim

1925–1967 (age 42)

Painter

Biography

Pegeen Vail Guggenheim grew up between continents and became a painter whose luminous canvases reflected both the surrealist circles of Paris and the intimate rhythm of domestic life.

She exhibited alongside friends and family, trusting color and gesture to express resilience, and her memory endures at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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