Wolf Kahn Lecture: Can Art Be Taught?

Artist Wolf Kahn, whose professional career has spanned more than six decades, is a leading figure in American art. His rich and expressive body of work represents a synthesis of his modern abstract training with Hans Hofmann, the palette of Matisse, Rothko’s sweeping bands of color, and the atmospheric qualities of American Impressionism.

Kahn has received a Fulbright Scholarship, John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a member of the National Academy of Design and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, the Hirshhorn Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum, among many others.

Since 1968, Wolf Kahn and his wife Emily Mason have spent summers and autumns in southern Vermont, where the hills, barns, woods, and skies have provided inspiration for countless paintings and drawings. Kahn and Mason are both honorary trustees of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

This event is taking place at the New England Youth Theatre, 100 Flat Street, Brattleboro, Vermont.

Admission: $8 adults; $6 seniors, students, and BMAC members. Seating is limited. Reservations recommended. Call 802-257-0124, ext. 101.

Click here for information on Wolf Kahn’s signed, limited-edition print, Deep Purple Landscape, available exclusively through the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.