- Louis Kahan
Louis Kahan (1905-2002),
Australian artist born inVienna who won theArchibald Prize in 1962 with a portrait ofPatrick White . Given theOrder of Australia in 1993.He has never received any formal art training. He travelled from Vienna to
Paris when he was 20. He enlisted in theFrench Foreign Legion in 1939 and was sent toNorth Africa as awar artist . He had an exhibition atOran in 1942. He was a voluntary artist for theRed Cross between 1943 and 1945. During this time photography was not permitted of soldiers, so his paintings were some of the only record at the time and were sometimes sent back to families for reassurance. He returned to Paris after the war, and then travelled across theUnited States before he arrived in Perth. He moved toMelbourne in 1950. He made many portraits of Australian and other celebrities, includingGeoffrey Blainey ,Judy Cassab ,Manning Clark ,Arthur Boyd ,Dame Joan Sutherland ,Yehudi Menuhin ,Luciano Pavarotti .External links
* [http://chrysalis.com.au/Artist-Louis-Kahan-10.htm Artwork and Biography]
* [http://www.jewishmuseum.com.au/shop/artists/kahan.htm Jewish museum]
* [http://louiskahan.com The official Louis Kahan website]
* [http://www.australianart.com.au/artists.php?ID=34 Louis Kahan at Australian Art]
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