Eugen von Kahler, originally Eugen Kohn (6 January 1882, Prague - 13 December 1911, Prague) was a Bohemian-German painter, graphic artist and writer of Jewish ancestry. Most of his works are in the Expressionist style.
In an effort to alleviate his suffering, he took a trip to Egypt in the summer of 1908, seeking a drier climate.[1] The following year, he visited Tunisia and Algeria, which inspired him to create numerous works with Orientalist themes; some of which were shown at an exhibit by the Neue Künstlervereinigung München in 1911.[2] That same year, his father was knighted and everyone in his family became entitled to attach "von" to their names. This was followed by his first solo exhibition at the Moderne Galerie, operated by the art collector, Heinrich Thannhauser.
Success was short-lived, however, as he succumbed to his illness two months later. A few days after his death, two of his works were displayed at the first exhibition of Der Blaue Reiter.[1] He was interred at the New Jewish Cemetery. His estate was managed by his cousin, the writer Erich von Kahler, who discovered a large number of poems. They were published in 1914 by Poeschel & Trepte, as a limited edition, under the title Sinnen und Gesang (roughly, Feelings and Song).
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