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Frederick Kann

Frederick Kann
Born(1886-05-25)May 25, 1886
Gablonz, Czechoslovakia
DiedJuly 6, 1965(1965-07-06) (aged 79)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican (b. Czechoslovakia)
Known forPainting, Educator
MovementAbstract Expressionism

Frederick Kann (1886–1965) was an American painter and founding member of the American Abstract Artists.

Biography

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Kann was born on May 25, 1886, in Gablonz, Bohemia (then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire). He studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague, the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.[1] In 1920 he moved to New York where he worked as a commercial artist. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen the same year.[2] He then moved to Paris, returning to the United States in 1936 to begin his teaching career at the Kansas City Art Institute.[1]

He was a cofounder of the American Abstract Artists in 1936.[3] In 1939 his work was included in the Galerie Charpentier's exhibition Realites Nouvelles Renaissance Plastique.[1]

In 1943 Kann moved to Los Angeles.[4] There he worked to promote Abstract artists' work by establishing the Circle Gallery, and co-found the Modern Institute of Art.[5][4] In 1953 he started the Kann Institute of Art.[1]

He died on July 6, 1965, in Los Angeles, California.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Frederick Kann". AskArt. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ Kann, Frederick I. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00097024. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 10 July 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Founding Members". American Abstract Artists. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b Drost, Julia; Flahutez, Fabrice; Helmreich, Anne; Schieder, Martin (2020). Networking Surrealism in the USA: Agents, Artists, and the Market. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 393. ISBN 978-3-947449-51-4.
  5. ^ Karlstrom, Paul J. (1996). On the Edge of America: California Modernist Art, 1900-1950. University of California Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-520-08850-4.
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