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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(Biography provided by Miles McEnery Gallery)
$9,500Sale Price|26% Off
"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
$480Sale Price|54% Off
H 29.5 in W 21.25 in
Park XV & XVI - SET (Berlin artist, Postwar, Contemporary, ~54% OFF - MUST GO)
By Barbara Keidel
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
$2,617Sale 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
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
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
$2,284Sale Price|20% Off
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.38 in
Geometric Landscape – Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Artist: Marilina Marchica Title: Geometric Landscape Year: 2024 Medium: Mixed media on canvas Dimensions: 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Condition: Excellent Frame: Not required Ready to hang: Y...
Canvas, Pastel, Oil
$328Sale Price|20% Off
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
$1,650
H 28 in W 20 in
Breaking Through, Pastel Painting, Abstract Landscape, 28x20 Inches
By Betty Efferson
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 28x20 pastel flows with soft, fluid energy, blending delicate shades of pinks, blues, greens, and oranges. The gentle movement and dreamy palette evoke a sense of lightness and ...
Pastel, Archival Paper
$317Sale Price|20% Off
H 9 in W 12 in
20th Century French Expressionist Blue Track In Bright Forest Tree Landscape
By Akos Biro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Blue Track by Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002) pastel painting on artist paper, unframed painting: 9 x 12 inches provenance: the artists estate, France Superb original...
Pastel
$1,200Sale Price|40% Off
H 36 in W 36 in D 1 in
Round, Cityscape, Black, White Acrylic, Ace Indian Contemporary Artist"In Stock"
By Tapas Ghosal
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Tapas Ghosal - Untitled - 36 x 36 inches (unframed size) Acrylic, dry pastel and dry pigment on canvas Inclusive of shipment in a roll form. should you want it framed it would attra...
Canvas, Acrylic, Pastel, Pigment
$272Sale Price|20% Off
H 9 in W 12 in
20th Century French Expressionist Tall Pine Tress in Moonlight Blue Forest
By Akos Biro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moonlight Blue Forest by Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002) pastel painting on artist paper, unframed painting: 9 x 12 inches provenance: the artists estate, France Superb ...
Pastel
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
$1,560Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 22 in
Red Gets The Attention, Pastel Painting on Archival Paper, 30x22 inches
By Betty Efferson
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
I intuitively paint each of my paintings based on my mood of the day or at that moment. I never know what I am going to create until I see the end result. Sometimes it is a colorful,...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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