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Richard Pousette-Dart and Anita Kahn thrived mutually through a special friendship. As a young artist, Pousette-Dart enjoyed success almost immediately; his painting Desert was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in 1941 when he was just 25 years old. During the transformational 1940s he commanded an important role within the emergence of Abstract Expressionism, and his monumental Symphony no. 1, the Transcendental of 1941-42 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) stands as a breakthrough painting, advancing the adoption of mural-sized easel painting. In 1951, as Abstract Expressionism reached international renown, Pousette-Dart relocated to Rockland County, north of New York City. Firmly established as a unique and fiercely independent voice within the New York School, he began to share his talents and energies part-time through the role of teacher, a passion he enjoyed throughout the remainder of his life. It was through this role at the New School for Social Research during the late 1950s that Pousette-Dart and Anita Kahn entered into a close relationship, with the established artist serving as an important mentor to the junior painter and burgeoning art collector.
Anita Kahn initially studied fine arts at Temple University, but it was her experience under Pousette-Dart that instilled broad and forward-thinking views towards the visual arts; this at an opportune moment when she was positioned to collect works of art by leading proponents of American Modernism. Pousette-Dart often encouraged his students to "get into the thread of their own being," buoying their confidence and spurring them to develop unique visions as artists and individuals. The bold collecting program of Anita and Arthur Kahn celebrated Anita's astutely personal and highly developed artistic sensitivity, and she and her husband presciently acquired outstanding works by American luminaries, including seminal masterpieces by her teacher, mentor and friend, Richard Pousette-Dart. Unwavering in his belief in the transformative nature of art, Pousette-Dart deeply respected the vision of the Kahns, noting, "The real art critics, historians, collectors, curators are those who purely love art with a passion and pursue the noble path of pure truth in order to construct a meaningful bridge between the artist and the audience." It is this rare and extraordinary bridge that spans the heart of the Arthur and Anita Kahn Collection.
Charles H. Duncan
Executive Director, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation
Anita Kahn initially studied fine arts at Temple University, but it was her experience under Pousette-Dart that instilled broad and forward-thinking views towards the visual arts; this at an opportune moment when she was positioned to collect works of art by leading proponents of American Modernism. Pousette-Dart often encouraged his students to "get into the thread of their own being," buoying their confidence and spurring them to develop unique visions as artists and individuals. The bold collecting program of Anita and Arthur Kahn celebrated Anita's astutely personal and highly developed artistic sensitivity, and she and her husband presciently acquired outstanding works by American luminaries, including seminal masterpieces by her teacher, mentor and friend, Richard Pousette-Dart. Unwavering in his belief in the transformative nature of art, Pousette-Dart deeply respected the vision of the Kahns, noting, "The real art critics, historians, collectors, curators are those who purely love art with a passion and pursue the noble path of pure truth in order to construct a meaningful bridge between the artist and the audience." It is this rare and extraordinary bridge that spans the heart of the Arthur and Anita Kahn Collection.
Charles H. Duncan
Executive Director, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation