Music: Portraits
"Over seven decades Louis Kahan depicted the masters of classical music in pencil, pen, ink and wash. Capturing the energy and intensity of great instrumentalists, composers, conductors and singers, Kahan's drawings express the development of both his own artistic style and his subjects careers."
Narelle Symes, Curator, Art Collection, Victorian Arts Centre, 2005.
Several images courtesy of the Victorian Arts Centre
Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge, 1965, ink on paper
Joan Sutherland, 1965, ink on paper
Yehudi Menuhin, 1954/55, ink on paper
Daniel Barenboim, 1962, ink on paper
Sir Adrian Boult, 1955, ink on paper
Isaac Stern, 1962, ink on paper
Jacqueline du Pré, c.1970, fibre tipped pen on paper
Igor Stravinsky, 1961
Sir Bernard Heinz, 1951, pencil on paper
Hepzibah Menhuin, c.1952, ink on paper
Arthur Rubenstein, 1986, fibre tipped pen on paper
Edmund Kurtz, 1952
Aleksandr Helmann, 1949
Isaac Stern, 1971, fibre tipped pen on paper