Knud Carl Edvard Kyhn - Artist Info

About Knud Carl Edvard Kyhn

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Knud Khyn
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    Knud Kyhn (1880 - 1967)

    Knud Kyhn was born the 17 March, 1880 in Copenhagen, and received his preliminary training at the Royal Academy of Arts, where he at once displayed his fondness for pure color and refreshingly decorative effects. He made his first professional appearance at Charlottenborg
    in 1906, and since 1908 has been regularly invited to exhibit at the Frie Udstilling* where he finds himself in distinctly more congenial company.

    Although still a young man he has already won recognition on the Continent, having recently been seen to advantage at the Salon des Independants* in Paris and also at the Berlin Secession*,
    his group of three brightly tinted panels having been particularly admired in the latter galler...

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