Anne Kahane – CCCA Canadian Art Database

Anne Kahane

Anne Kahane was an Austrian-born Canadian artist. Best known for her figures carved in wood, Kahane began her career as a printmaker and commercial artist. In addition to her work as a sculptor using wood, brass, and aluminum, Kahane's artistic repertoire also included drawing and printmaking. Upon enrolling in night classes at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montreal (1940), she furthered her studies in traditional sculpture, commercial art, industrial design, and architecture. In the fall of 1942 Kahane began training as a commercial artist at Valentine's School of Commercial Art. In 1945 she went to New York to study at the Cooper Union Art School. It was there that she discovered the art of woodcarving, the technique that would later shape her career. In 1953, Kahane's maquette for The Unknown Political Prisoner Monument was the only Canadian entry to take a prize in the international sculpture competition organized by the Institute of Contemporary Arts of London, England. In the same year, Kahane had her first solo exhibition at the Galérie Agnès Lefort. She received no financial prize from her London competition, but as a result, in 1952, was asked to join the Sculptors Society of Canada. At the 1956 Concours Artistique de la province au Quebec, Kahane won the grand prize for her work Ball Game. As an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy, Kahane exhibited with them between 1964 and 1976, and with the Art Association of Montreal from 1957 to 1965. Kahane's work was internationally celebrated, representing Canada with James Wilson Morrice, Jacques de Tonnancour, and Jack Nichols at the Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1958), at Expo 67 in Montreal and at the Brussels World's Fair (1968). She received public and private commissions, notably her sculpture for the Winnipeg airport (1963) and a piece for Montreal's Place des Arts (1963–1964). Kahane taught fine arts at Concordia University from 1965 to 1980. Later, as a resident sculptor, she taught at McMaster University in Hamilton (1980–1982), where she explored flat structural techniques using flexible materials to depart from traditional three-dimensional structures.

Creator Id: 312
Web Site Link: Web Site Link
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Austria
Year of Birth: 1924
City: Montreal
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Female
Living Status: Deceased
Mediums: commission, drawing, printmaking, public art, sculpture, wood
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Work by Anne Kahane

Unknown Political Prisoner

Work ID: 50431

Measurements: 52 x 22 x 20 cm

Collection: Musée du Québec

Date Made: 1953

Materials: metal tubing

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Gossip

Work ID: 50430

Measurements: 100 x 54 x 22 cm

Collection: private

Date Made: 1953

Materials: wood

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Summer White

Work ID: 50432

Measurements: 96.5 x 53 x 18.5 cm

Collection: National Gallery Canada

Date Made: 1953

Materials: wood

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Rain

Work ID: 50433

Measurements: 84 x 63.5 x 26 cm

Collection: Winnipeg Art Gallery

Date Made: 1958

Materials: wood

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Man On His Head

Work ID: 50434

Measurements: 259 x 43 x 45.8 cm

Collection: EXPO '67 Montreal

Date Made: 1967

Materials: wood

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Blue Seated Figure

Work ID: 50436

Measurements: 152.4 x 106.7 x 76.2 cm

Collection: private

Date Made: 1977

Materials: aluminum

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Seated Figure III

Work ID: 50438

Measurements: 91.4 x 58.4 x 71.1 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1977

Materials: aluminum

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Reclining Figure

Work ID: 50435

Measurements: 45.7 x 142.2 x 34.3 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1977

Materials: aluminum

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Large Reclining Figure I

Work ID: 50437

Measurements: 82.5 x 122 x 82.5 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1977

Materials: aluminum

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Head IV

Work ID: 50439

Measurements: 40.1 x 23.3 x 11 cm

Collection: private

Date Made: 1982

Materials: brass

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Head VI

Work ID: 50441

Measurements: 34.2 x 24.3 x 11.2 cm

Collection: private

Date Made: 1982

Materials: brass

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Head V

Work ID: 50440

Measurements: 34.1 x 22.9 x 12.7 cm

Collection: private

Date Made: 1982

Materials: brass

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Acrobat

Work ID: 50442

Measurements: 99.4 x 45.7 x 24 cm sans la base

Collection:

Date Made: 1986

Materials: aluminum

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Woodblock Print 29

Work ID: 50446

Measurements: 51 x 36 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2001

Materials:

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Woodblock Print 33

Work ID: 50448

Measurements: 58 x 46 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2002

Materials:

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Woodblock Print 30

Work ID: 50447

Measurements: 46 x 43 cm

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Date Made: 2002

Materials:

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Lucie

Work ID: 50443

Measurements: 89.3 x 44 x 20 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2002

Materials: aluminum

Virtual Collection: 2002-montreal, Original CCCA

Trio

Work ID: 50444

Measurements: 68.5 x 77 x 21.2 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2002

Materials: aluminum

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Woodblock Print 34

Work ID: 50449

Measurements: 63 x 42 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2002

Materials:

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Duo

Work ID: 50445

Measurements: 57.8 x 52 x 22 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 2003

Materials: aluminum

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA