Karl Kahler

Salon cats

My Wife's Lovers , 1891

Karl Kahler (also Carl, born September 12, 1856 in Linz , † April 18, 1906 in San Francisco ) was an Austrian genre and animal painter .

Life

Kahler studied since October 19, 1874 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz and Wilhelm von Lindenschmit the Younger . After graduating, he spent some time studying in Paris , then he settled in Munich .

Karl Kahler soon became known as a cat painter. From 1881 to 1888 he exhibited his works in Berlin , Munich and Vienna . In 1885 he emigrated to Australia and worked in Melbourne until 1890 . Here he painted three pictures of the Melbourne Cup. In one of these pictures - it is titled The Betting Ring - each person in the crowd appears as an individual portrait.

He later moved to the United States . In 1891 he created the picture My Wife's Lovers with the representation of 42 cats for Kate Birdsall Johnson . The picture achieved a high level of popularity as an art print due to its high circulation.

Karl Kahler died at the age of 49 as a victim of the San Francisco earthquake .

Works

The Theater Box (The Queen of the Season) , 1881
Odalisque , 1882
Two ladies with a dog
The Betting Ring
The Cup Day , 1887
The Derby Day , 1887
My Wife's Lovers , 1891, oil on canvas, 177.8 × 258.4 cm

literature

Kahler, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 437 .
Kahler, Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 174.
Alan McCulloch: Kahler, Carl. In: Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 2nd edition, Volume 1: A – K. Hutchinson, Richmond, Victoria 1969, p. 301 (in the 1994 edition, p. 382, restricted view, books.google.de ).

Web links

Commons : Carl Kahler - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Matriculation Book Academy Munich

Individual evidence

^ Alan McCulloch: Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 2nd edition. Hutchinson, Richmond, Victoria 1969, p. 301.
↑ Sotheby's , accessed December 8, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Kahler, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kahler, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian animal painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 12, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Linz
DATE OF DEATH	April 18, 1906
Place of death	San Francisco

[1] Alan McCulloch: Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 2nd edition. Hutchinson, Richmond, Victoria 1969, p. 301.

[2] Sotheby's , accessed December 8, 2016.