Wolf Kahn

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nationality = American
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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 [cite web |author=PBS | title=Hans Hofmann's Legacy | url=http://www.pbs.org/hanshofmann/wolf_kahn_works_001.html ] , and also graduated from the University of Chicago. [cite web |author=Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art | title=WolfKahn.com | url=http://www.wolfkahn.com/ ] Kahn is a resident of both New York City and, during the summer and autumn, West Brattleboro, Vermont. [cite web |author=Thomas Segal Gallery | title=Thomas Segal Gallery | url=http://www.thomassegalgallery.com/artists/kahnbio.html ]

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.

Wolf Kahn's Art

Wolf Kahn works in [http://www.wolfkahn.com/index2.html oils] and [http://www.wolfkahn.com/index2.html 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 [http://www.pbs.org/hanshofmann/wolf_kahn_001.html pictorial landscapes and painterly abstraction] .

Ameringer & Yohe, his gallery, state ( [http://www.wolfkahn.com/index2.html 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.

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. [citation | title= Portrait of the Artist's Market | author= Annette Grant | publisher=ARTINFO | year=2008 | date= February 9, 2008 | url= http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/26657/portrait-of-the-artists-market/ | accessdate=2008-04-23 ]

His official biography indicates that he is a member of the National Academy of Design and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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;
* [http://magart.rochester.edu/4DACTION/HANDLECGI/CTN1?theKW=Wolf+Kahn&RefineSearch=NewSelection the Memorial Gallery Permanent Collection, University of Rochester, NY] ;
* the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA;
* [http://americanart.si.edu/search/search_artworks1.cfm?StartRow=1&ConID=2528&format=short&db=onlyart&LastName=&FirstName=&Title=&Accession=&Keywordthe Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.]
* [http://hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/search.asp?Artist=Kahn+Wolf&has
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* [http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=link;dtype=d;key=107231;page=701900101 the Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA.] ;
* [http://www.mmaa.org/16Feb20053.html Minnesota Museum of American Art]
* [http://www.nationalacademy.org/perm/kahn.html National Academy of Design]

Wolf Kahn regularly exhibits at galleries and museums across North America.

Notable works

* [http://magart.rochester.edu/4DACTION/HANDLECGI/CTN1?theKW=Wolf+Kahn&RefineSearch=NewSelection "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)

References

* Marika Herskovic, [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/50666793&tab=holdings "New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists,"] (New York School Press, 2000.) ISBN 0-9677994-0-6

External links

* [http://www.wolfkahn.com/index2.html Wolf Kahn (Ameringer & Yohe) website - biography]
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/kahn_wolf.html Wolf Kahn on ARTCYCLOPEDIA]
* [http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/search/Search_Repeat.aspx?searchtype=IMAGES&artist=22209 Wolf Kahn Artwork Examples on AskART.]