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Oral history interview with Wolf Kahn

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2016.82.4 | RG Number: RG-50.926.0004

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    Oral history interview with Wolf Kahn

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Wolf Kahn, born in Stuttgart, Germany, discusses his father, who was the conductor of the Stuttgart Philharmonic; his mother, who left their family when he was a toddler; his father’s new wife; his unpleasant relationship with his stepmother; living with his paternal grandmother in Frankfurt, Germany; his stepmother’s support of the Nazis; learning English from a family retainer from England; being encouraged to draw; living at the entrance of the Botanical Gardens in Frankfurt; being 11 years old when the war began; going on a Kindertransport to England; living in Cambridge and staying with a family who mistreated him; living with another family, the Purvises, who put him in school; making friends with the English children; going to New York, NY when the Blitzkrieg began; the journey on the “Volendam”; reuniting with his father; attending the High School of Music & Art in New York; joining the Navy and passing the Eddy test; getting out of the Navy and attending The New School in New York; studying with Stuart Davis; transferring and joining his brother at The Hofmann School; his interactions with Hans Hofmann and becoming his studio assistant; attending the University of Chicago and graduating after eight months; receiving a scholarship to go to School of Humanities; deciding to go to work in the woods; returning to New York and helping to found the Hansa Gallery; his first show; influences on his art; living in Venice, Italy and how it changed his style; living in Deer Isle, Maine for a summer and its influences on his work; and his thoughts with regards to painting landscapes.
    Interviewee
    Wolf Kahn
    Date
    interview:  2012 February 24
    Geography
    creation: New York (N.Y.)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Story Preservation Initiative

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    4 digital files : WAV.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org

    Keywords & Subjects

    Corporate Name
    Volendam (Screw steamer)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Story Preservation Initiative produced the oral history interview with Wolf Kahn on February 24, 2012 in New York, NY. Mary Kuechenmeister, on behalf of the Story Preservation Initiative, donated the interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on March 3, 2016.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:37:10
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