Frederick Kann

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

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)
EducationCzech Technical University in Prague, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Known forPainting, Educator
MovementAbstract Expressionism

Biography

Kann was born on May 25, 1886 in Gablonz, Czechoslovakia. 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
  1. "Frederick Kann". AskArt. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. "Kann, Frederick I." Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. "Founding Members". American Abstract Artists. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. 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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