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Wolf Kahn
Wolf Kahn (1927 - 2020): A Landscape of Light and Emotion Wolf Kahn’s artistic journey began in Stuttgart, Germany, amidst the shadow of rising Nazism—a formative experience that instilled within him a profound awareness of displacement and longing. Born Hans Wolfgang Kahn to Emil Kahn, a respected musician and conductor whose career was abruptly curtailed by the Nazi regime, he spent his early years cared for by his grandmother Anna K
ahn in Frankfurt until 1939. This period of separation fostered an innate sensitivity to place and memory—elements that would become central to his distinctive visual language. Early Artistic Influences and Hofmann’s Legacy At the High School of Music & Art in New York, young Kahn discovered a passion for observation and detail through caricature and drawing. Crucially, he encountered Hans Hofmann at this pivotal moment, whose teachi…
