Erich Kahn

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Kurt Schwitters : Portrait of Erich Kahn in the Hutchinson Internment Camp , 1941

Erich FW Kahn (born August 25, 1904 in Stuttgart , † February 15, 1980 in London ) was a German-British painter, draftsman and graphic artist.

Life

Erich Kahn studied from 1921 to 1925 at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Stuttgart, mainly illustration and graphics with Ernst Schneidler . Influenced by the Stuttgart Üecht group and a study visit to Paris in 1926, he preferred a late expressionist style.

When the National Socialists came to power in 1933, he was increasingly exposed to reprisals. He was arrested during the November pogroms in 1938 and taken to the Welzheim protective custody camp , from which he was released on December 16, 1938. In July 1939 he managed to emigrate to Great Britain .

After the beginning of the German campaign in the west in 1940, Kahn was interned in Great Britain like all enemy aliens . He was transferred to the Hutchinson Internment Camp in July 1940 , an internment camp in Douglas on the Isle of Man , also known as the "camp of artists" thanks to the flourishing artistic and intellectual life of its internees. His friends from this time included Kurt Schwitters , who portrayed him, Paul Hamann and Klaus Hinrichsen . Kahn documented life in the camp in expressive drawings and graphics.

In February 1941, Kahn was released from the camp and was able to return to London. Here he was an active member of the Free German Cultural Association . His financial situation remained difficult for a long time. In the 1950s, his work became increasingly abstract.

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  1. ↑ Stations of life according to AKL (lit.)
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SURNAME Kahn, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kahn, Erich FW
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-British painter, draftsman and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1980
Place of death London