Jahn, Klaus
(Klaus Jahn)
 Born 1942 in Vienna, Austria, he lived during childhood in Easttyrol and moved with his family to Vienna. For 4 years he was a “Wiener Sängerknabe”, part of the Vienna boys choir.
Leaving school he was trained as a lithograph. He worked for the museum of Vienna and the Vienna city library, where he worked on reproduction “Faximile” editions of several handwritings. As a free commercial artist “Graphiker” he worked for advertisement, film and television, he also engaged with engraving, etching, woodcut and building musical instruments.
He travelled throughout Europe, the Balkan, Turkey, Russia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Ladakh, USA, Canada, Laos, Ethiopia, China and Tibet.
Married, 3 children (30, 29, 17 of age), lives and works in Vienna and Karl, Burgenland.
Exhibitions in Austria, USA and Japan.
Jahn is especially fascinated by the artistic possibilities of the traditionally black and white graphic media; drawing, engraving, etching and woodcut. He sees the absence of color as an advantage, as the gap into wich the imagination of the viewer can leap. His subjects include the picturesque farmlands and villages of Burgenland, the sequestered cloisters of Mount Athos, the expansive landscape and exotic architecture of Turkey. However, like Rembrandt, who is obviously a major source of inspiration for the artist, Jahn does not make images which are literal descriptions of places; his drawings are meditative and mystical transformations of states of mind which allow the viewer to participate on a cosmic and universal level. Far from restricting itself to the pedestrian world of the tourist snapshot, Jahn´s graphic work carries the viewer to larger and deeper realms of human experience. The artist´s control over his media is superb; the viewer becomes quickly engrossed in the rich variety of marks and textures which ranges from the richest black to the most delicate of lines. On an intimate scale and highly sensitive Jahn´s work is a feast for the eye, the heart, and the soul.
Prof. Evelyn Kain, Ripon Colleg, Art Department
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Quick Facts
Born:
Vienna Austria
Type(s):
Artist
Engraver
Instrument Maker
Lithographer
Etcher
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