Kahn is an artist who embodies a synthesis of artistic traits – the modern abstract training of Hans Hofmann, the palette of Matisse, Rothko’s sweeping bands of color, and the atmospheric qualities of American Impressionism. Wolf Kahn regularly exhibited at …

Born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1927, Wolf Kahn immigrated to the United States by way of England in 1940. In 1945, he graduated from the High School of Music & Art in New York, after which he spent time in the Navy.

The unique blend of Realism and formal discipline of Color Field painting sets the work of Wolf Kahn apart. Kahn is an artist who embodies a synthesis of artistic traits—the modern abstract training of Hans Hofmann, the palette of Matisse, Rothko’s sweeping bands of color, the atmospheric qualities of American Impressionism.

The City As Landscape ofers a glimpse into Wolf Kahn’s New York. In the city of New York and in the Vermont countryside, Kahn has spent his life rendering the essence of the landscape of the places he calls home.

The landscape, both real and fantastic, becomes a conduit for imagination and invention and acts as a vehicle for Kahn’s painterly gesture and bold exploration of color.

” —Nicholas Delbanco Wolf Kahn is a painter who embodies a synthesis of artistic traits – the modern abstract training of Hans Hofmann, the vivid palette of Matisse, Rothko’s sweeping bands of color, and the atmospheric qualities of American Impressionism.

an increasingly vivid palette. Illuminated by brilliant bands of color, his vigorously painted landscapes possess a captivati g rhythm and alluring vibrancy. By juxtaposing bolds tones with the muted shades of the natural world, Kahn produces a kind of contrast that energizes the surface of the canv s while simultane