Louis Kahan b. 25 May 1905

Also known as Ludwig Kahan
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
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'.

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Other occupations
  • Interpreter and technical draughtsman, Allied Forces, North Africa
  • French Foreign Legion, World War II
  • Staff Draughtsman - Le Figaro
  • Art Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8212)
  • Illustrator
  • Stage Designer
  • Couture Designer (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Tailor
  • Interpreter and technical draughtsman, Allied Forces, North Africa
  • French Foreign Legion, World War II
  • Staff Draughtsman - Le Figaro
  • Art Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8212)
  • Illustrator
  • Stage Designer
  • Couture Designer
  • Tailor