Karl Kahler b. 1855

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  • Artist (Painter)
Karl Kahler was a painter and illustrator who completed a series of three Melbourne Cup paintings including 'Flemington Lawn on Cup Day' which was described by the Bulletin in 1889 as 'a veritable page in the history of Australia'.

painter and illustrator.

Flemington Lawn on Cup Day , one of series of three Melbourne Cup paintings by Kahler engraved by Goupil, Paris, in 1887 and published with a key by Carl Pinschof at Melbourne in 1890. Described in the Bulletin of 19 January 1889 as 'a veritable page in the history of Australia’.

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Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007