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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Name
Louis Kahan
Also known as Ludwig Kahan
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
Other Occupation
  • 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) -
Birth date
25 May 1905
Birth place
Vienna, Austria
Death date
July 2002
Death place
Australia
Active Period
  • 1925 - 2002
Arrival
  • 1947
Residence
  • 1999 Paris, France
  • c.1958 - c.2002 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1954 - c.1958 London, England
  • c.1954 - c.1958 Paris, France
  • 1950 - 1954 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1947 - 1950 Perth, WA
  • 1946 - 1947 Paris, France
  • c.1942 - c.1946 Oran, Algeria
  • c.1925 - c.1942 Paris, France
  • c.1905 - c.1942 Vienna, Austria
Training
  • 1946 Colarossi's, Paris, France
  • 1946 Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Cultural Heritage
  • Austrian
  • Russian-Jewish
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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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) -
Related works
  • (Patrick White) (creator of)
  • (Albert Tucker) (creator of)
  • (Max Meldrum) (creator of)
  • The Artist and His Tools - The Artist's Only Woodcut (creator of)
  • Prof. Geoffrey W. Leeper (creator of)
  • Katharine Susannah Pritchard (creator of)
  • Xavier Herbert (creator of)
  • Professor A.R. Chisholm (creator of)
  • Henrietta Drake-Brockman (creator of)
  • Vincent Buckley (creator of)
  • Max Harris (creator of)
  • Prof. Ian Turner (creator of)
  • Christina Stead (creator of)
  • Martin Boyd (creator of)
  • Prof. T. Inglis Moore (creator of)
  • Nina Christesen, Prof. R. Douglas Wright, Dr E. Macwhite, Col. Aubrey Gibson (creator of)
  • Prof. Hadfield (I. R. Maxwell?) (creator of)
  • Prof. C. P. Fitzgerald (creator of)
  • Dr Geoffrey Serle (creator of)
  • Marcel Aurousseau (creator of)
  • David Martin (creator of)
  • Dr Neal Blewett (creator of)
  • Vance Palmer (creator of)
  • Majorie Barnard (creator of)
  • Judah Waten (creator of)
  • Judith Wright (creator of)
  • Alan Marshall (creator of)
  • Manning Clark (creator of)
  • Miles Franklin (creator of)
  • Andrew Taylor (creator of)
  • Dal Stivens (creator of)
  • Kylie Tennant (creator of)
  • Douglas Stewart (creator of)
  • Patrick White (creator of)
  • Prof. I. R. Maxwell, Dr Ursula Hoff, Arthur Calwell, Frank Dalby Davison (creator of)
  • Arthur Phillips (creator of)
  • Dorothy Green (creator of)
  • Chris Wallace-Crabbe (creator of)
  • Professor Geoffrey Blainey (creator of)
  • Kenneth Slessor (creator of)
  • Paul L. Grano (creator of)
  • Craig Mcgregor (creator of)
  • Nettie Palmer (creator of)
  • Clement B. Christesen (creator of)
  • Dame Mary Gilmore (creator of)
  • Jim Davidson (creator of)
  • Francis Webb (creator of)
  • Andrei Voznesensky (creator of)
  • Bruce Grant (creator of)
  • Hal Porter (creator of)
  • H.M. Green, C.B. Christesen and S. Murray-Smith (creator of)
  • John Hibberd (creator of)
  • James Joyce (creator of)
  • A. D. Hope (creator of)
  • John Morrison (creator of)
  • James Mcauley (creator of)
  • Alexander Solzhenitsyn (creator of)
  • Dr H. P. Heseltine (creator of)
  • Professor H. Burton (creator of)
  • P. R. Stephenson (creator of)
  • Thelma Foreshaw (creator of)
  • R. M. Morrison (creator of)
  • Donald R. Stuart (creator of)
  • Bernard O'Dowd (creator of)
  • C. Hartley Grattan (creator of)
  • Geoffrey Dutton, Sir John Barry, Brian Fitzpatrick (creator of)
  • Portrait of a man (creator of)
  • Robert Clark (creator of)
  • E. Macwhite (creator of)
  • Dan Davin (creator of)
  • Taqor (creator of)
  • Roland Robinson, Bill Harney (creator of)
  • Owen Webster (creator of)
  • Gavin Casey (creator of)
  • E. Morris Miller (creator of)
  • Leslie Rees (creator of)
  • John Reynolds (creator of)
  • Nettie Palmer (creator of)
  • Alexander Solzhenitsyn (creator of)
  • John Le Gay Brereton (creator of)
  • John Barnes (creator of)
  • Louis Esson (creator of)
  • Portrait of A Man (creator of)
  • Portrait of A Man With Glasses (creator of)
  • Bruce Miller (creator of)
  • David Martin (creator of)
  • R. D. Fitzgerald (creator of)
  • Henry Lawson (creator of)
  • Ian Turner (creator of)
  • Mary Durack (creator of)
  • Norman Lindsay (creator of)
  • Walter Murdoch (creator of)
  • Nancy Cato (creator of)
  • Katherine Susannah Pritchard (creator of)
  • Douglas Stewart (creator of)
  • James Devaney (creator of)
  • Brian Fitzpatrick (creator of)
  • Frank Dalby Davison (creator of)
  • Alan Marshall (creator of)
  • Mrs H. M. Green (creator of)
  • Gregory Clark (creator of)
  • Jack Lindsay (creator of)
  • H. M. Green (creator of)
  • Henry Handel Richardson (creator of)
  • Dr Clement Semmler (creator of)
  • Randolph Stow (creator of)
  • Joseph Furphy (creator of)
  • Gavin S. Casey (creator of)
  • Dr Harry Gelber (creator of)
  • Russel Ward (creator of)
  • Russel Ward (creator of)
  • John Keith Evers (creator of)
  • Dr Noel Mclachlan (creator of)
  • T. Inglis Moore (creator of)
  • Richard N. Cole (creator of)
  • Peter Cowan (creator of)
  • P. L. Grano (creator of)
  • Dr John Guther (creator of)
  • Allen Ashbolt (creator of)
  • Prof. W. McMahon Ball (creator of)
  • Morris West (creator of)
  • A. G. Serle (creator of)
  • C.P. Snow (creator of)
  • Kylie Tennant (creator of)
  • Dymphna Cusack (Mrs Norman Freehill) (creator of)
  • Colin Thiele, Bill Harney (creator of)
  • C. Wallace-Crabble (creator of)
  • Bert Vickers (creator of)
  • Donald Stuart (creator of)
  • Brian Elliott (creator of)
  • Beatrice Davis (creator of)
  • (Patrick White) (creator of)
  • (Albert Tucker) (creator of)
  • (Max Meldrum) (creator of)
  • The Artist and His Tools - The Artist's Only Woodcut (creator of)
  • Prof. Geoffrey W. Leeper (creator of)
  • Katharine Susannah Pritchard (creator of)
  • Xavier Herbert (creator of)
  • Professor A.R. Chisholm (creator of)
  • Henrietta Drake-Brockman (creator of)
  • Vincent Buckley (creator of)
  • Max Harris (creator of)
  • Prof. Ian Turner (creator of)
  • Christina Stead (creator of)
  • Martin Boyd (creator of)
  • Prof. T. Inglis Moore (creator of)
  • Nina Christesen, Prof. R. Douglas Wright, Dr E. Macwhite, Col. Aubrey Gibson (creator of)
  • Prof. Hadfield (I. R. Maxwell?) (creator of)
  • Prof. C. P. Fitzgerald (creator of)
  • Dr Geoffrey Serle (creator of)
  • Marcel Aurousseau (creator of)
  • David Martin (creator of)
  • Dr Neal Blewett (creator of)
  • Vance Palmer (creator of)
  • Majorie Barnard (creator of)
  • Judah Waten (creator of)
  • Judith Wright (creator of)
  • Alan Marshall (creator of)
  • Manning Clark (creator of)
  • Miles Franklin (creator of)
  • Andrew Taylor (creator of)
  • Dal Stivens (creator of)
  • Kylie Tennant (creator of)
  • Douglas Stewart (creator of)
  • Patrick White (creator of)
  • Prof. I. R. Maxwell, Dr Ursula Hoff, Arthur Calwell, Frank Dalby Davison (creator of)
  • Arthur Phillips (creator of)
  • Dorothy Green (creator of)
  • Chris Wallace-Crabbe (creator of)
  • Professor Geoffrey Blainey (creator of)
  • Kenneth Slessor (creator of)
  • Paul L. Grano (creator of)
  • Craig Mcgregor (creator of)
  • Nettie Palmer (creator of)
  • Clement B. Christesen (creator of)
  • Dame Mary Gilmore (creator of)
  • Jim Davidson (creator of)
  • Francis Webb (creator of)
  • Andrei Voznesensky (creator of)
  • Bruce Grant (creator of)
  • Hal Porter (creator of)
  • H.M. Green, C.B. Christesen and S. Murray-Smith (creator of)
  • John Hibberd (creator of)
  • James Joyce (creator of)
  • A. D. Hope (creator of)
  • John Morrison (creator of)
  • James Mcauley (creator of)
  • Alexander Solzhenitsyn (creator of)
  • Dr H. P. Heseltine (creator of)
  • Professor H. Burton (creator of)
  • P. R. Stephenson (creator of)
  • Thelma Foreshaw (creator of)
  • R. M. Morrison (creator of)
  • Donald R. Stuart (creator of)
  • Bernard O'Dowd (creator of)
  • C. Hartley Grattan (creator of)
  • Geoffrey Dutton, Sir John Barry, Brian Fitzpatrick (creator of)
  • Portrait of a man (creator of)
  • Robert Clark (creator of)
  • E. Macwhite (creator of)
  • Dan Davin (creator of)
  • Taqor (creator of)
  • Roland Robinson, Bill Harney (creator of)
  • Owen Webster (creator of)
  • Gavin Casey (creator of)
  • E. Morris Miller (creator of)
  • Leslie Rees (creator of)
  • John Reynolds (creator of)
  • Nettie Palmer (creator of)
  • Alexander Solzhenitsyn (creator of)
  • John Le Gay Brereton (creator of)
  • John Barnes (creator of)
  • Louis Esson (creator of)
  • Portrait of A Man (creator of)
  • Portrait of A Man With Glasses (creator of)
  • Bruce Miller (creator of)
  • David Martin (creator of)
  • R. D. Fitzgerald (creator of)
  • Henry Lawson (creator of)
  • Ian Turner (creator of)
  • Mary Durack (creator of)
  • Norman Lindsay (creator of)
  • Walter Murdoch (creator of)
  • Nancy Cato (creator of)
  • Katherine Susannah Pritchard (creator of)
  • Douglas Stewart (creator of)
  • James Devaney (creator of)
  • Brian Fitzpatrick (creator of)
  • Frank Dalby Davison (creator of)
  • Alan Marshall (creator of)
  • Mrs H. M. Green (creator of)
  • Gregory Clark (creator of)
  • Jack Lindsay (creator of)
  • H. M. Green (creator of)
  • Henry Handel Richardson (creator of)
  • Dr Clement Semmler (creator of)
  • Randolph Stow (creator of)
  • Joseph Furphy (creator of)
  • Gavin S. Casey (creator of)
  • Dr Harry Gelber (creator of)
  • Russel Ward (creator of)
  • Russel Ward (creator of)
  • John Keith Evers (creator of)
  • Dr Noel Mclachlan (creator of)
  • T. Inglis Moore (creator of)
  • Richard N. Cole (creator of)
  • Peter Cowan (creator of)
  • P. L. Grano (creator of)
  • Dr John Guther (creator of)
  • Allen Ashbolt (creator of)
  • Prof. W. McMahon Ball (creator of)
  • Morris West (creator of)
  • A. G. Serle (creator of)
  • C.P. Snow (creator of)
  • Kylie Tennant (creator of)
  • Dymphna Cusack (Mrs Norman Freehill) (creator of)
  • Colin Thiele, Bill Harney (creator of)
  • C. Wallace-Crabble (creator of)
  • Bert Vickers (creator of)
  • Donald Stuart (creator of)
  • Brian Elliott (creator of)
  • Beatrice Davis (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)