Carl Kahler Austria, Australia, United States, 1855-1906
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About Carl Kahler
Born in Austria in 1855, Carl Kahler arrived in Australia in 1885. He studied at the Munich Academy and was best known as a portrait painter. He painted three major paintings of Melbourne Cup meetings each with figures in the crowd being fully identifiable. However his most famous work is My Wife's Lovers, a massive painting (1.77 x 2.58 metres) depicting forty-two of American millionaire Kate Birdsall Johnson's Turkish Angora cats. Kahler travelled to San Francisco in 1906, and is believed to have died aged 49 in the major earthquake that year.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Carl Kahler from 1975 and in total 45 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 28 (62%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $26,450 for The Question sold by Sotheby's in November 1998. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Carl Kahler are held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Carl Kahler is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 565
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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