Jacob Kainen

American · 1909–2001 · Painter, Printmaker

Jacob Kainen was an American painter and printmaker. He is also known as an art historian, writing books on John Baptist Jackson and the etchings of Canaletto. In addition,… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Jacob Kainen, Argo, 1991, Oil on canvasArgoSloans & Kenyon · $10,000≈ £7,908≈ €9,349Sign up to see
  2. Jacob Kainen, Bright Stamboul VI, 1985, oil on linenBright Stamboul VIRago Auctions · $6,400≈ £5,542≈ €6,406Sign up to see
  3. Jacob Kainen, The Way I, 1978, Oil on linenThe Way ILos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $5,625≈ £3,377≈ €4,095Sign up to see

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Jacob Kainen was an American painter and printmaker. He is also known as an art historian, writing books on John Baptist Jackson and the etchings of Canaletto. In addition, Kainen was a collector of German Expressionist art, and he and his second wife, Ruth, donated a collection of this work to the National Gallery of Art in 1985.

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Born 1909, WaterburyDied 2001, Chevy ChaseOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q15435214 ↗ULAN 500012452 ↗

abstract expressionism

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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