Louis Kahan b. 25 May 1905

Also known as Ludwig Kahan
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
Louis Kahan was a versatile, multi-talented artist and designer. He served in the French Foreign Legion and worked as a tailor in Paris where he associated with Josephine Baker and Matisse. He settled in Australia in 1947 and was best known as a sketcher and painter, winning the Archibald with a portrait of Patrick White in 1962.
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Citations

  • Klepac, Lou (2002), 'Guy from Paris bloomed in Perth’, Sydney Morning Herald, 08-15, p 30, obituary piece.

See also

  • 'Self portrait: 'The Artist and His Tools - The Artist's Only Woodcut' 1947, woodcut (edn 80), illustrated Butler 1981 (also illustrated as 'Self Portrait' in Lebovic & Warner, Fifty Years, cat.39'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other occupations
  • Interpreter and technical draughtsman, Allied Forces, North Africa (ANZSIC code: 7600) -
  • French Foreign Legion, World War II (ANZSIC code: 7600) -
  • Staff Draughtsman - Le Figaro (ANZSIC code: 6924) -
  • Art Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8212) -
  • Illustrator (ANZSIC code: 6924) -
  • Stage Designer (ANZSIC code: 9002) -
  • Couture Designer (ANZSIC code: 6924) -
  • Tailor (ANZSIC code: 1351) -
  • Interpreter and technical draughtsman, Allied Forces, North Africa (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • French Foreign Legion, World War II (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Staff Draughtsman - Le Figaro (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Art Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8212)
  • Illustrator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Stage Designer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Couture Designer (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Tailor (ANZSIC code: 1351)
Alternative names
  • Ludwig Kahan
  • Ludwig Kahan
Arrivals
  • 1947
  • 1947
Indigenous notes