He served in the German army in 1914, then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe between 1919-1920 under the tutelage of Albert Hueinsen.Kahn travelled to Berlin (where he met and befriended Max Liebermann), Holland, and France in search of artistic inspiration.[1] Kahn exhibited in Karlsruhe, Munich, Ulm, Zurich, and Paris.In 1928, Kahn lived in the south of France where he befriended the important Fauve artist André Derain.He is primarily remembered as a landscape, still life and portrait artist, and the influence of Paul Cézanne is deeply felt in his work.
