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1902 Slonim, Belarus, Russia - 2005. Known for: Lithography, modernist painting and sculpture.
Max Kahn (1902-2005). In the middle of the twentieth-century, Max Kahn and Eleanor Coen were not only well known in Chicago , they were celebrated modern American artists, respected, collected and... Read full biography
Max Kahn (1902-2005). In the middle of the twentieth-century, Max Kahn and Eleanor Coen were not only well known in Chicago , they were celebrated modern American artists, respected, collected and exhibited nation-wide. In his 1958 book Printmaking Today , Jules Heller wrote: "No presentation of... Read full biography
Max Kahn (1902-2005). In the middle of the twentieth-century, Max Kahn and Eleanor Coen were not only well known in Chicago , they were celebrated modern American artists, respected, collected and exhibited nation-wide. In his 1958 book Printmaking Today , Jules Heller wrote: "No presentation of contemporary lithographs would be complete without a print by Max Kahn," and he chose one Kahn's and one of Coen's lithographs as two of eight examples of the state of the art. These were not marginally... Read full biography
Max Kahn (1902-2005). In the middle of the twentieth-century, Max Kahn and Eleanor Coen were not only well known in Chicago , they were celebrated modern American artists, respected, collected and exhibited nation-wide. In his 1958 book Printmaking Today , Jules Heller wrote: "No presentation of contemporary lithographs would be complete without a print by Max Kahn," and he chose one Kahn's and one of Coen's lithographs as two of eight examples of the state of the art. These were not marginally successful artists. They were hot tickets, winning prizes left and right and breaking barriers that separated various media in visual arts - notably painting and printmaking and color and black-and-white lithography. In 1946, at the Weyhe Gallery in... Read full biography
Max Kahn (1902-2005). In the middle of the twentieth-century, Max Kahn and Eleanor Coen were not only well known in Chicago , they were celebrated modern American artists, respected, collected and exhibited nation-wide. In his 1958 book Printmaking Today , Jules Heller wrote: "No presentation of contemporary lithographs would be complete without a print by Max Kahn," and he chose one Kahn's and one of Coen's lithographs as two of eight examples of the state of the art. These were not marginally successful artists. They were hot tickets, winning prizes left and right and breaking barriers that separated various media in visual arts - notably painting and printmaking and color and black-and-white lithography. In 1946, at the Weyhe Gallery in New York , Kahn mounted the first proper exhibition of color lithography, thereby championing a medium that had previously been os... Read full biography
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Keywords (46)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Assemblage
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Monoprint, Monotype, Monograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
- •San Miguel Allende, Mexico
Art Teacher
- •Charles Despiau
- •Emile Antoine Bourdelle
- •Francis Chapin
- •Othon Friesz
Art School
- •Art Institute of Chicago (School Of), Teacher
- •Institute de Allende, San Miguel, Mexico, Teacher
- •John Herron Art Institute/School of Art and Design, Teacher
- •Saugatuck (Ox-Bow) School of Painting, Teacher
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •First National Bank of Chicago Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Centenarian Artist, Lived 100 Years or More
- •Married to an Artist
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Jewish
- •Russian
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts