Kahn50YearSurvey2018

WOLF KAHN

Jerald Melberg Gallery proudly presents a retrospective exhibition of paintings and pastels by the internationally acclaimed artist Wolf Kahn. The gallery has represented Wolf Kahn since opening in 1983 and this solo exhibition, presented in honor of his 90th birthday, marks his nineteenth with the gallery. A master of both pastel and oil, Wolf Kahn is an artist who embodies the synthesis of his modern abstract training under the tutelage of Hans Hofmann, with the palette of Matisse, Rothko’s sweeping bands of color, and the atmospheric qualities of American Impressionism. It is precisely this fusion of color, spontaneity and representation that has produced such a rich and expressive body of work with unmatched luminosity. Born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1927, Wolf Kahn arrived in the United States in 1940 and in 1945 graduated from the High School of Music andArt in New York. After time in the Navy he attended classes taught by Stuart Davis and Hans Jelinek at the New School for Social Research. He then studied at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Art in New York. In 1950 he enrolled in the University of Chicago from which he was graduated in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Wolf Kahn has been honored with numerous awards, including most recently the 2016 International Medal of Arts from the United States Department of State and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Design and School of Fine Arts. A recipient of both Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowships, he is an elected member of the National Academy of Design, the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and has served on the New York Arts Commission. Kahn’s work has been represented in countless solo exhibitions and can be found in the permanent collections of over 100 museums, including such prestigious institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Mint Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Wolf Kahn

Cover: HEAVEN’S BLUE 2007

Oil on Canvas 22 x 30 inches

WOLF KAHN A 50 Year Survey

March 17 - May 12, 2018

625 South Sharon Amity Road Charlotte, NC 28211 704.365.3000 gallery@jeraldmelberg.com www.jeraldmelberg.com

1950 -

IN THE SOUTH BRONX 1951 Oil on Canvas 10 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches

BRIDGE IN THE BRONX 1950 Pastel on Paper 12 x 16 inches

WISTERIA 1957 Oil on Canvas 30 x 40 inches

TWO-TONED VASE WITH FLOWERS 1951 Pastel on Paper 14 x 11 inches

1960 -

BECALMED 1961 Pastel on Paper 14 x 17 inches

DARK BARN 1969-70 Pastel on Paper 9 x 12 inches

SAILBOAT HARBOR, MAINE 1963 Pastel on Paper 8 x 9 3/4 inches

EVENING MOORING 1963 Pastel on Paper 14 x 16 1/2 inches

UNTITLED (FLORAL STILL LIFE) 1961 Pastel on Paper 13 1/4 x 16 3/8 inches

UNTITLED (WHITE BARN) c. 1967 Pastel on Paper 9 x 12 inches

1970 -

SEEN AT MENEMSHA HARBOR 1972 Oil on Canvas 22 x 33 inches

BARN HEAD ON (STUDY) 1972 Pastel on Paper 9 x 12 inches

BLUE BARN c. 1970 Pastel on Paper 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches

GRAY BARN c. 1970 Pastel on Paper 14 x 16 1/2 inches

1980 -

DARK RIVER BEND 1984 Oil on Canvas 52 x 52 inches

DUSK ON AMES HILL 1981 Oil on Canvas 36 x 52 inches

COPSE, RED + GREEN 1986 Pastel on Paper 22 x 30 inches

ACROSS THE PASTURE IN VERMONT 1985 Pastel on Paper 30 x 44 inches

1990 -

CRUCIFORM 1994 Oil on Canvas 28 x 30 inches

YELLOW GREEN & VIOLET 1997 Oil on Canvas 52 x 32 inches

ACROSS TO LOS ALAMOS 1992 Oil on Canvas 16 x 24 inches

THE SUN DROPS BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS 1993 Pastel on Paper 15 x 22 inches

MARTHA’S VINEYARD BARNS 1999 Pastel on Paper 12 x 18 inches

RIVER 1997 Pastel on Paper 7 x 9 1/4 inches

2000 -

ACROSS THE VALLEY (MIDSIZE VERSION) 2005 Oil on Canvas 42 x 52 inches

HEAVEN’S BLUE 2007 Oil on Canvas 22 x 30 inches

DUNKLEE BARN (SMALL VERSION) 2007 Oil on Canvas 26 x 32 inches

MY STUDIO FROMABOVE 2004 Oil on Canvas 52 x 72 inches

ONE BLACKBIRD AMONG BRANCHES 2005 Oil on Canvas 25 7/8 x 27 7/8 inches

TENDING TOWARD GREEN 2005 Oil on Canvas 44 x 44 inches

BLUE SLOPE 2001 Pastel on Paper 8 x 10 inches

LOCUSTS IN THE MORNING 2001 Pastel on Paper 30 x 40 inches

GRAY GAMBREL BARN, HEAD-ON 2008 Pastel on Paper 30 x 22 inches

PURPLE BROADSIDE 2009 Pastel on Paper 22 x 29 5/8 inches

LOW BARN 2005 Pastel on Paper 8 x 13 inches

MIDVALUE HORIZON 2006-07 Pastel on Paper 13 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches

ORANGE COPSE 2007 Pastel on Paper 12 x 18 inches

SPRING AT YELLOWSTONE 2008 Pastel on Paper 22 3/8 x 30 inches

ROUGH 2007 Pastel on Paper 8 x 9 5/8 inches

ROUGH II 2007 Pastel on Paper 11 x 13 1/4 inches

2010 -

BARNS IN PERSPECTIVE 2012 Oil on Canvas 36 x 52 inches

EARLY MORNING STUDIO 2016 Oil on Canvas 26 x 28 inches

COPSE 2015 Oil on Canvas 28 x 20 inches

DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE 2015 Oil on Canvas 40 x 60 inches

BEHIND TREES 2015 Oil on Canvas 24 x 26 inches

GRAY TREES, GRAY SKY 2015 Oil on Canvas 24 x 22 inches

ORANGE GLOW 2011 Oil on Canvas 28 x 42 inches

WHITE SKY 2011 Oil on Canvas 30 x 40 inches

SMALL ORANGE SPOT 2015 Oil on Canvas 22 x 26 inches

TRANSLUCENT 2013 Oil on Canvas 30 x 52 inches

THURBER BARN, 2014 VERSION 2014 Oil on Canvas 24 x 28 inches

WHITE ROOF INA DARK TANGLE 2014 Oil on Canvas 36 x 44 inches

NARROWWHEAT FIELD 2015 Oil on Canvas 22 x 26 inches

PURPLE DIAGONAL 2016 Pastel on Paper 9 x 11 1/2 inches

AGAINST LIGHT ORANGE 2017 Pastel on Paper 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches

ALMOST A TRIANGLE 2017 Pastel on Paper 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches

BARN WITH A DORMER 2016 Pastel on Paper 22 1/4 x 30 inches

BARELY VISABLE 2017 Pastel on Paper 9 x 12 inches

BLUE HILLS 2017 Pastel on Paper 9 x 11 1/2 inches

FOLLOWING THE RIDGE LINE 2016 Pastel on Paper 9 x 11 1/2 inches

MY STUDIO FROMABOVE 2016 Pastel on Paper 22 3/8 x 30 inches

OUT OF RED GROUND 2017 Pastel on Paper 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches

AN ORANGE ROAD FLOWS THROUGH IT 2017 Pastel on Paper 9 x 11 1/2 inches

SUN ON THE FAR HILLS 2017 Pastel on Paper 9 x 11 1/2 inches

RED FOREGROUND 2017 Pastel on Paper 9 x 11 1/2 inches

SKY VERGING TOWARD PINK 2017 Pastel on Paper 9 x 12 inches

RED WOODS 2017 Pastel on Paper 9 x 11 1/2 inches

SARAH’S FAVORITE 2017 Pastel on Paper 9 x 11 1/2 inches

625 South Sharon Amity Road Charlotte, NC 28211 704.365.3000 gallery@jeraldmelberg.com www.jeraldmelberg.com