Wolf Kahn
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Wolf Kahn (b. October 4, 1927) is a German-born American painter.
Kahn is known for his combination of realism and Color Field, and known to work in Pastel and Oil paint. He studied under Hans Hofmann[1], and also graduated from the University of Chicago.[2] Kahn is a resident of both New York City and, during the summer and autumn, West Brattleboro, Vermont. [3]
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[edit] Biography
Wolf Kahn was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1927. In 1939, at the age of 12 he fled Germany for England and in 1940 moved to the United States of America.
He attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City and graduated in 1945. Under the GI Bill, he was able to continue his studies with abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann at the Hans Hofmann School. He became Hofmann’s studio assistant. He enrolled for a degree from the University of Chicago in 1950 and completed this in only one year, receiving a Bachelor's Degree in 1951.
His wife Emily Mason is also a painter. They have two daughters, Cecily and Melany.
[edit] Wolf Kahn's Art
Wolf Kahn works in oils and pastels. His works usually covers the subject of landscapes and his own personal vision of nature. His convergence of light and colour has been described as combining pictorial landscapes and painterly abstraction.
Ameringer & Yohe, his gallery, state (in the biography on his official website)
The unique blend of Realism and the formal discipline of Color Field painting sets the work of Wolf Kahn apart. Kahn is an artist who embodies the synthesis of his modern abstract training with Hans Hofmann, with the palette of Matisse, Rothko's sweeping bands of color, and the atmospheric qualities of American Impressionism. It is precisely this fusion of color, spontaneity and representation that has produced such a rich and expressive body of work.
[edit] Awards and Memberships
Wolf Kahn has received a number of awards including a Fulbright Scholarship, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[4]
His official biography indicates that he is a member of the National Academy of Design and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
[edit] Museum Collections
According to his official website, Mr Kahn has work in the following museum collections:
- the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY;
- the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY;
- the Memorial Gallery Permanent Collection, University of Rochester, NY;
- the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA;
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
- the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.;
- the Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA.;
- Minnesota Museum of American Art
- National Academy of Design
Wolf Kahn regularly exhibits at galleries and museums across North America.
[edit] Notable works
- Evening Glow (Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York)
- My Barn on a Summer Night, 1982 (Hirshhorn Museum)
- Pond in November, 1977 (National Academy of Design)
[edit] References
- ^ PBS. Hans Hofmann's Legacy.
- ^ Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art. WolfKahn.com.
- ^ Thomas Segal Gallery. Thomas Segal Gallery.
- ^ Annette Grant (February 9, 2008), Portrait of the Artist's Market, ARTINFO, <http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/26657/portrait-of-the-artists-market/>. Retrieved on 23 April 2008
- Marika Herskovic, New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists, (New York School Press, 2000.) ISBN 0-9677994-0-6
