Scott Kahn

Scott Kahn (born February 2, 1946) is an American painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and sculptor.

Early life Scott Kahn was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Bennett Jordan Kahn, and Anne (née Moss) Kahn. Bennett Kahn was the founding publisher of The Jewish Weekly News, an English-language newspaper for the Jewish community in Western Massachusetts, and Anne Kahn was a homemaker. Bennett Kahn died in 1952 of a heart attack when Scott Kahn was six years old. In 1954, Anne Kahn remarried to Irving Rothchild, the owner of printing company Springfield Offset & Printing Co.

Scott Kahn began kindergarten at a public school in West Springfield, then transferred to a Jewish school in Springfield for approximately a year, before transferring to a public school in West Springfield where he remained until the fourth grade. During his time in school in West Springfield, Kahn received his initial exposure to fine art in art instruction offered at his school. Kahn later recalled his instructor assigning him to draw an imaginary bird which was featured on the class bulletin board for its mastery. When Kahn's mother remarried, the family relocated to the affluent community of Longmeadow, where he attended Converse Street School and remained until beginning junior high school. During that time, he took art classes at the basement of the Springfield Museum. While attending Longmeadow Junior High School, Kahn received lessons in clarinet, violin, and piano. Additionally, many paintings by Kahn have sold at auction globally via Bonhams, Christie's, Phillip's, and Sotheby's for in excess of US$500,000. In the gallery retail sector, the Almine Rech Gallery set Kahn's world record with the sale of his painting, The Curtains Parted for US$1,200,000.

Personal life Kahn had one sibling, Gary Kahn.