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)
"Field in Half Light" Wolf Kahn, Expressionist, Countryside Light, Skyscape
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Field in Half Light, 1979 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 16 x 32 inches Provenance The artist Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, New Jersey Norman Weinstein, Woodcliff Lake, N...
Canvas, Oil
"Summer Studio" Wolf Kahn, Vermont Landscape, Abstract Impressionist, Pastels
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Summer Studio, 2012 Signed lower center Pastel on paper 9 x 11 1/2 inches An important member of the second generation New York School, Wolf ...
Paper, Pastel
$10,000
Wolf Kahn - Ocean Cove, unique signed pastel on paper landscape painting, Framed
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Ocean Cove, 1996 Pastel on paper painting Hand signed and dated by Wolf Kahn on the lower right Frame included: elegantly matted and framed in a museum quality hand made wo...
Oil Pastel, Pastel
$185,000
Corps de Ballet
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed, original, 1994, oil–on-canvas painting, Corps de Ballet by significant American artist, Wolf Kahn (b. 1927). Winner: Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowships. Award in Art from...
Canvas, Oil
$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
$125,000
Wolf Kahn, "Heavy Fog Out There" 30x40 Atmospheric Landscape Painting on Canvas
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Wolf Kahn’s painting presents a luminous, pared-down landscape where color and atmosphere take precedence over detail. A broad expanse of pale lavender and misty blue fills much of t...
Canvas, Oil
"Study for Spring III" Wolf Kahn, Expressionist, Countryside, Woods, Skyscape
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Study for Spring III, 1984 Signed lower right; inscribed "#40 1984" on the reverse Oil on canvas 15 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches Provenance Private Collection W. Grady Huie, Venice...
Canvas, Oil
Middleton Place II - Signed Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting, 1974
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Wolf Kahn's "Middleton Place II" (1974) belongs to the decade when barns, his signature subject, defined his career. It reflects the split between Kahn's Manhattan winters and the Ve...
Canvas, Oil
$985
H 29.5 in W 37 in D 2 in
Vintage Southwest Adobe Landscape Original Pastel Painting c.1985
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Southwest Adobe Landscape Original Pastel Painting c.1985 Outstanding late 20th century pastel painting by mystery artist. The painting is s...
Pastel
$1,008
H 11.82 in W 11.82 in
HEAT HAZE - Modern Landscape Oil Pastel Painting, Warm Tones, Bright Light
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Hallein, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Paper, Oil Pastel
$384Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.69 in W 27.37 in D 1.97 in
French school Luminous Canal Scene in Bruges landscape oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Landscape Luminous Canal in Bruges (Belgium) ⬅️ ⏩It is signed (not easy to decypher)⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$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
$1,008
H 11.82 in W 11.82 in
WINDY - Contemporary Nature Oil Pastel Painting, Warm Tones, Bright Light
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Hallein, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Paper, Oil Pastel
$1,260
H 17.72 in W 17.72 in
New Year's Eve - Atmospheric Oil Pastel Painting, Warm Tones, Bright Light
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Hallein, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Paper, Oil Pastel
$225,000
H 18 in W 24 in
Bob Ross Painting Signed 18x24 Inch Original on Canvas w/ Bob Ross Inc COA
By Bob Ross
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Bob Ross Title: Untitled (similar to "Frozen Solitude" from season 13, episode 2 of "The Joy of Painting") Dimensions: 18" x 24" Medium: Original Oil on Canvas Painting Year:...
Oil, Canvas
$6,500
H 48.04 in W 40.56 in
Fjäll i aftonsol (“Mountain in Evening Sun”), circa 1933
By Olof Walfrid Nilsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Olof Walfrid Nilsson (1868–1956) Fjäll i aftonsol (“Mountain in Evening Sun”) circa 1933 oil on canvas signed Olof W. Nilsson and dated 1933? unframed: 102 x 82 cm (40.2 x 32.3 in)...
Canvas, Oil
$260,000
H 18 in W 24 in D 1 in
Bob Ross Painting Signed Original Oil on 18x24 Canvas w/ Bob Ross Inc COA
By Bob Ross
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Bob Ross Title: Untitled (similar to "Mountain Lake" from season 1, episode 10 of "The Joy of Painting" Dimensions: 18" x 24" Medium: Original Oil on Canvas Painting Year: c....
Canvas, Oil
$815Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.75 in W 25.75 in
Provence House with Cypress Trees Pastel Pierre Neveu 1982
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence House with Cypress Trees Pastel Pierre Neveu 1982 Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches Signed low...
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Pencil
$5,000
H 34.75 in W 42.25 in D 1.5 in
"Mountain Landscape" Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas of Church & Village
By Jean Salabet
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Jean Salabet. Salabet was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. But als...
Canvas, Oil
$815
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.52 in
Original-Moonlit Snowy Night-British Awarded Artist-Oil-Gold Leaf-impressionism
By Shizico Yi
Located in London, GB
With strokes of Gold, Oil, Gesso and Acrylic, Shizico orchestrates a abstract expression in this on-going series [Landscape Memories]; it's a part of her [Sunlit Series] where she de...
Gold Leaf
Fall Splendor by Wolf Kahn
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wolf Kahn 1927-2020 American Fall Splendor Signed "W Kahn" (lower center) Oil on canvas A masterwork of modern American landscape painting, Fall Splendor exemplifies Wolf Kahn's ...
Canvas, Oil
Arborium by Wolf Kahn
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wolf Kahn 1927-2020 American Arborium Signed "W Kahn" (lower right) Oil on canvas A masterwork of modern American landscape painting, Arborium exemplifies Wolf Kahn's revolutiona...
Canvas, Oil
Landscape in Orange and Turquoise Pastel, Signed, 13x16 Inches
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Provenance The Artist Private Collection, NY (acquired from the above) Private Collection, CT (by descent) Signed in bottom center: W Kahn Wolf Kahn was born in Stuttgart, Germany i...
Pastel, Paper
Venice by Wolf Kahn
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wolf Kahn 1927-2020 American Venice Signed "W Kahn" (lower right) Pastel on paper An exceptionally rare early work by one of America’s preeminent colorists, this pastel captures ...
Paper, Pastel
Foggy Morning By Wolf Kahn
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wolf Kahn 1927-2020 American/German Foggy Morning Signed "W. Kahn" (lower left) Oil on canvas Beloved for his strikingly vivid and colorful landscapes, Wolf Kahn is one of the mo...
Canvas, Oil
"Purple Hills" Wolf Kahn, Vermont Meadow Landscape, Pastels
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Purple Hills Pastel on paper 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches Provenance: Collection of Stafford Elias Christies New York, Interiors, December 13, 2017, Lot 343 Private Collection, ...
Paper, Pastel
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H 15.75 in W 17.25 in
"Behind Reeds" Wolf Kahn, Vermont Marsh Landscape with Trees and Barn, Pastels
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Behind Reeds, 2004 Signed lower left Pastel on paper 7 x 9 inches Provenance: The artist Ameringer McEnery Yohe Gallery, New York Private Collection, Florida An important...
Paper, Pastel
Beaver Swamp in Autumn, 1975
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn paints a marshy forest landscape in his signature modern style in his oil painting entitled, “Beaver Swamp in Autumn.”
Canvas, Oil
"Dark Diagonal" Wolf Kahn, Vermont Landscape with Trees, Pastels
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Dark Diagonal, 2012 Signed lower center Pastel on paper 9 x 12 inches An important member of the second generation New York School, Wolf Kahn is renowned for his luminous,...
Paper, Pastel
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H 15.5 in W 17.5 in
"Strong Pink" Wolf Kahn, Vermont Landscape with Trees, Pastels
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Strong Pink, 2000 Signed lower center Pastel on paper 8 x 10 inches An important member of the second generation New York School, Wolf Kahn is renowned for his luminous, r...
Paper, Pastel
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H 34 in W 40 in
"Barns and Silos in New Jersey" Wolf Kahn, Landscape, Abstract Impressionist
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Barns and Silos in New Jersey, 1985 Signed lower center Oil on canvas 28 x 34 inches An important member of the second generation New York School, Wolf Kahn is renowned fo...
Canvas, Oil
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H 15.5 in W 18.25 in D 1.25 in
Roughly Textured Trees (unique signed landscape color field pastel painting)
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Roughly Textured Trees, 1995 Oil pastel on paper Hand signed in pastel by Wolf Kahn on the bottom front Frame included: held in the original vintage metal frame Hand signe...
Oil Pastel, Pastel