Eugen von Kahler, originally Eugen Kohn (6 January 1882,

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- 13 December 1911, Prague) was a Bohemian-German painter, graphic artist and writer of Jewish ancestry. Most of his works are in the

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style.

Biography

He came from a family of wealthy industrialists who changed their name from Kohn to Kahler in 1894. From 1901 to 1905, he studied at the

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, with

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and

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. During this time, he also took private lessons from

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. He was diagnosed with

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in 1900 and his education was interrupted by numerous stays in sanatoria. Despite this, he was able to travel to Paris in 1907, where he took a course in

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painting at a private school and copied works at the

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. He was a regular patron at the Café Du Dôme,Brief biography
@ Centrum Bavaria Bohemia. where his associates included

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, Elisabeth Epstein and Sonia Terk. His exhibitions included several showings at the

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and the

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. In an effort to alleviate his suffering, he took a trip to Egypt in the summer of 1908, seeking a drier climate. The following year, he visited Tunisia and Algeria, which inspired him to create numerous works with Orientalist themes; some of which were shown at an exhibit by the

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in 1911. That same year, his father was

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and everyone in his family became entitled to attach "von" to their names. This was followed by his first solo exhibition at the Moderne Galerie, operated by the art collector,

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. Success was short-lived, however, as he succumbed to his illness two months later. A few days after his death, two of his works were displayed at the first exhibition of

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. He was interred at the New Jewish Cemetery. His estate was managed by his cousin, the writer Erich von Kahler, who discovered a large number of poems. They were published in 1914 by Poeschel & Trepte, as a limited edition, under the title ''Sinnen und Gesang'' (roughly, Feelings and Song). ''Sinnen und Gesang''
@ Biblio.com

Selected paintings

File:Eugen von Kahler - Biblický motiv (1910).jpg, Biblical Composition File:Kahler-Bazaar.jpg, Oriental Bazaar File:Eugen von Kahler - Na mořském břehu (1906).jpg, On the Seashore File:Eugen von Kahler, Der Liebesgarten.jpg, The Garden of Love

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Kahler.Sketches and small paintings by Kahler
@ Justin Zobel blog {{DEFAULTSORT:Kahler, Eugen von 1882 births 1911 deaths 20th-century Czech painters 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Sudeten German people Expressionist painters Jewish painters Czech male painters Tuberculosis deaths in the Czech Republic 20th-century Czech male artists

Biography

Selected paintings

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Further reading

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