Born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1927, Wolf Kahn fled Nazi Germany to Britain through the Kindertransport in the late 1930s. He eventually settled in the United States, where he completed high school and enrolled in the Navy. Following his service, he studied with the legendary teacher and Abstract Expressionist painter Hans Hofmann, eventually becoming his studio assistant.
In 1950, Kahn enrolled at the University of Chicago and completed his bachelor of arts degree within one year. He had his first solo exhibition at Hansa Gallery in New York City in 1953 and went on to be represented by Grace Borgenicht Gallery, where he exhibited regularly until 1995.
Kahn was the recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, the Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Medal of Arts from the State Department. He married the artist Emily Mason in 1957. Their marriage lasted sixty-two years until Emily’s death in December 2019, just a few months before Kahn's passing. The pair lived and worked between New York City and W. Brattleboro, Vermont.
Kahn’s work has been exhibited at galleries and museums throughout North America. His work is held in important museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
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"Four Winds" Blue House with White Roof in Yellow Field Abstract Landscape
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract drawing of a blue house in a yellow field by German-American painter, Wolf Kahn. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner. Framed and matted in a silver wood...
Paper, Pastel
$2,118
H 26.78 in W 26.78 in D 0.79 in
'Garden in Full Bloom', Impressionist Pointillist Pastel.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary impressionist pastel of a garden in full bloom by Belgian artist Francis Besson. Signed to the very bottom left and to the backboard. Presented in a plain contemporary f...
Paper, Pastel
Untitled (Seascape)
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This evocative seascape reflects Rockwell Kent’s mature modernist approach to landscape, characterized by compositional restraint, tonal clarity, and a contemplative treatment of nat...
Paper, Pastel
$2,635Sale Price|20% Off
H 37.41 in W 37.41 in D 0.99 in
'Forest in the Fall', Contemporary Impressionist Pastel, Homage to Gustave Klimt
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary Impressionist pastel of an autumnal woodland scene by Belgian artist Francis Besson. Signed to the very bottom right and presented in a simple gold contemporary frame un...
Paper, Pastel
Textured Mixed Media Abstract Landscape
By Annis Allen
Located in Soquel, CA
Textured abstract landscape achieved through layered materials by Annis Allen (American, 1922-2018). Signed by the artist, lower left: "Annis Allen." Presented in a dark mauve paint...
Foil, Gold
$401
H 9 in W 12 in
20th Century French Expressionist Blue Mountain Amongst the Bright Flower Beds
By Akos Biro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blue Mountain Landscape by Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002) pastel painting on artist paper, unframed painting: 9 x 12 inches provenance: the artists estate, France Superb...
Pastel
$1,675Sale Price|20% Off
H 35.44 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in
Minimal Landscape Painting, Original Oil and Pastel on Canvas by M.Marchica
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape is a unique original painting by Italian contemporary artist Marilina Marchica, created in 2026. The work presents a minimal and contemplative landscape, reduced to a singl...
Canvas, Pastel, Oil
$2,588Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.25 in W 39.38 in D 1.19 in
"SIGNS" Minimal Abstract Paint , Original Art made in Italy
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
landscape mixed media on canvas original artwork Original Created:2019 Subjects:Landscape Materials: Canvas Styles: #Abstract #AbstractExpressionism #Minimalism #Modern #Expressio...
Pastel, Oil, Canvas
$644Sale Price|38% Off
H 29.5 in W 21.25 in
Park XV & XVI - SET (Berlin artist, Postwar, Contemporary, Abstract)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Barbara Keidel Park XV & XVI - SET Mixed media, pastel on handmade, toned laid paper 1997 Size: 29.5 × 21.25 inches (75 × 54 cm) (each) Signed and dated in pencil (each) Addition...
Pastel, Mixed Media, Laid Paper
Untitled (Landscape)
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This atmospheric landscape reflects Rockwell Kent’s late engagement with reduced, contemplative imagery, where landscape becomes a vehicle for emotional resonance rather than topogra...
Paper, Pastel
$6,200
H 48 in W 48 in D 2 in
Oceancrush Museum of Coral, colorful abstract nature forms
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
C.Dimitri has received fellowships in painting from the Vermont Studio Center and the RI State Council on the Arts. He is represented by Tabla Rasa gall...
Pastel, Oil, Panel
$1,412Sale Price|20% Off
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 0.79 in
Geometric Landscape – Contemporary Abstract Painting, Oil and D Pastel on Canvas
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: Geometric Landscape Artist: Marilina Marchica Medium: Oil and dry pastel on canvas Dimensions: 46 x 55 x 2 cm Year: 2026 Condition: Excellent One of a kind Certificate of auth...
Canvas, Pastel, Oil
$228Sale Price|20% Off
H 5.25 in W 9 in
20th Century French Expressionist Fiery Sunset Behind Blue Mountain Valley
By Akos Biro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fiery Sunset by Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002) pastel painting on artist gallery paper, unframed painting: 5.25 x 9 inches provenance: the artists estate, France conditio...
Pastel
A Yellow Glimpsed
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Purple Abstraction by Wolf Khan (1927-2020) Oil on canvas 25 ½ x 37 ⅝ inches unframed (64.77 x 95.58 cm) Description: In this Untitled Purple Abstraction Wo...
Oil
"Harvey's View", Modernist Landscape Painting by Wolf Kahn
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist landscape painting by Wolf Kahn (b.1927). Titled, "Harvey's View, circa 1988. Signed lower right. Displayed in a giltwood frame. Im...
Canvas, Oil
Southern Trees in a Light Filled Space
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Greenwich, CT
oil on canvas, 22 x 32 inches
Canvas, Oil
Hidden Greenhouse
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Greenwich, CT
Landscape oil painting of a collection of trees.
Canvas, Oil
Deciduous
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Greenwich, CT
landscape
Oil, Canvas