Sacha Kolin (pron. ko-LEEN) believed that she was destined to become an artist. While recuperating from a childhood illness, Sacha received drawing materials from her parents. Immediately, she recognized her calling. Sacha was born in Paris May 9, 1911 to Malwina Slobodianiuk and Julius Kolin, a mechanical engineering student at Vienna’s Technische Universität. Julius was in Paris at the time to test his airplane propeller designs at the Laboratoire du Champ-de-Mars under Gustave Eiffel’s supervision. Sacha grew up in Vienna and studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (Innenarchitektur with Oskar Strnad) and the Academy of Fine Arts (sculpture and drawing). She was one of few women to exhibit in the annuals of the Secession and the Künstlerhaus. more > 