Research Catalog

Title

Wolf Kahn : paintings and pastels 2010-2020 / Sasha Nicholas; interview with William C. Agee and Wolf Kahn; poem by J.D. McClatchy.

Author

Nicholas, Sasha

Publication

• New York, NY : RizzoliElecta, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Agee, William C.
• McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018
• Kahn, Wolf, 1927-2020

Description

240 pages : colour illustrations; 32 x 27 cm

Summary

"A celebration of the work of the beloved American artist Wolf Kahn (1927-2020), this volume focuses on the vivid colors of his luscious landscapes made in oil and in pastel during the last decade of his life. The last study of Kahn's art to be produced during his lifetime, and prepared in close collaboration with the artist, this publication now serves as a memorable tribute to his remarkable talents and legacy.A refugee from Nazi Germany, Wolf Kahn immigrated to the U.S. in 1940, and after settling in New York City he studied with the influential artist and teacher Hans Hofmann. Kahn's radiant hues, tangy color contrasts, and pervasive sense of light combine realism with the discipline of color field painting and place him at the forefront of American representational artists. This richly illustrated book features a generous selection of paintings and pastels that showcase his bold, freewheeling style and feature a unique blend of realism and abstraction.During the last decade of his long and accomplished career, Kahn traded in the often-lyrical palette of his earlier landscapes for an increasingly brash and assertive chromatic vision--evidenced in electric hues ranging from acid yellow and hazard orange to saturated thalo blue. His late large-scale oils, depicting his favored subjects of barns and tree-lined fields and rivers, abound with visual energy. Art historian Sasha Nicholas puts Kahn in context with other artists and situates his late work within his broader career. William Agee, who met with Kahn for several interviews, discusses his process and most recent paintings. An illustrated chronology, with little-seen personal images, offers additional insights into the life and career of this renowned modern master."--Publisher information.

Subject

• Kahn, Wolf, 1927-2020
• Kahn, Wolf, 1927-2020 > Criticism and interpretation
• Artists > United States
• Artists
• United States

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Preface / Wolf Kahn -- Born anew each day: Wolf Kahn's last decade, 2010-2020 / Sasha Nicholas -- Poem / J.D. McClatchy -- Plates -- Talking with Wolf Kahn: William C. Agee Interviews Wolf Kahn.

Call Number

JQG 21-809

ISBN

• 0847868591
• 9780847868599

LCCN

2020936673

OCLC

1143633946

Author

Nicholas, Sasha, author.

Title

Wolf Kahn : paintings and pastels 2010-2020 / Sasha Nicholas; interview with William C. Agee and Wolf Kahn; poem by J.D. McClatchy.

Publisher

New York, NY : RizzoliElecta, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Agee, William C., interviewer.

McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018, author.

Kahn, Wolf, 1927-2020, author.

Research Call Number

JQG 21-809