Jacob Kainen
American painter and printmaker. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jacob Kainen (December 7, 1909 – March 19, 2001) was an American painter and printmaker. He is also known as an art historian, writing books on John Baptist Jackson (US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1962)[1] and the etchings of Canaletto (Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC, 1967). 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 (1909) |
Died | 2001 (2002) |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Painting, printmaking, curator |
Movement | Abstract Expressionist |
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