Leo Kahn

Leo Kahn (1894-1983) was a German-Israeli painter, born in 1894 in Bruchsal, Germany. He served in the German army in 1914, then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe between 1919-1920 under the tutelage of Albert Hueinsen. Kahn travelled to Berlin (where he met and befriended Max Lieberman), Holland, and France in search of artistic inspiration. In 1926, he was commissioned for the decoration of an important synagogue in Bruchsal. Kahn exhibited in Karlsruhe, Munich, Ulm, Zurich, and Paris. In 1928, Kahn lived in the south of France where he befriended the important Fauve artist André Derain. He then moved to Paris where he maintained a studio until 1934.

Kahn immigrated to Palestine in 1936 and settled in Ramat Gan. He founded Israel's first textile printing factory, participated in the 1950 Venice Biennale, and moved to Safed's Artist Colony in 1960. Kahn was awarded the Dizengoff Prize in 1957 and made Worthy of the City of Ramat Gan in 1982. He is primarily remembered as a landscape, still life and portrait artist, and the influence of Paul Cézanne is deeply felt in his work.

elected exhibitions

* 2001: "Museum of the Holocaust", Los Angeles: "Kaleidoscope: Works From the Collection of David Malek"
* 1981: "Ulmer Museum", Germany (major retrospective)

elected collections

* "Israel Museum", Jerusalem
* "Museum of the History of Lodz", Poland
* "Tel-Aviv Museum of Art"

References

* "Der Maler Leo Kahn, 1894-1983". Schönaich: G. Albert, 1986.
* Nobis, Norbert & Brigitte Kühn. "Leo Kahn: Retrospektive" [exhibition catalogue] . Ulm: Ulmer Museum, 1981.
* Siegel, Linda. "Kaleidoscope: From Auschwitz to Art Connoisseur: The Story of the David Malek Collection (Featuring the Paintings of Leo Kahn, Samuel Tepler & Piero Cividalli)" [exhibition catalogue] . Oak Park, CA: Elra Press, 2001.

External links

* [http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/sname2_a.asp?artist=1859&artists=kahn Israeli Art Centre] (Leo Kahn)
* [http://www.signum.art.pl/?lang=en&layout=gallery&artist=kahn&sec=bio Signum Foundation] (Leo Kahn)
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/670927/leo-kahn.html Artnet.com] (Leo Kahn)