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Robert Kohn Discusses Bill Kohn’s Painting

November–December 2013

Robert Kohn discussing brother Bill’s painting; portrait of father Rudy was painted when Bill was fourteen.

Historical November–December 2013 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.

Robert Kohn, author of a book on the work of his brother, Bill Kohn, a longtime neighbor on Kingsbury Avenue and well-known painter, spoke to a group at Left Bank Books on October 7. Robert, a retired economics professor and painter himself, credited Bill with exceptional skill demonstrated from an early age.

The painting displayed behind him is a portrait of their father, Rudy Kohn, done by Bill when he was only 14 years old.

The occasion was a book-signing for the study called “A Darwinian Reading of Bill Kohn’s Painting.”

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Robert Kohn discussing brother Bill’s painting; portrait of father Rudy was painted when Bill was fourteen.

Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November–December 2013.

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