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Jacob Kainen
1909–2001

Introduction

Jacob Kainen (December 7, 1909 – March 19, 2001) was an American painter and printmaker. He is also known as an art historian, writing books on John Baptist Jackson (US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1962) and the etchings of Canaletto (Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC, 1967). In addition, Kainen was a collector of German Expressionist art, and he and his second wife, Ruth, donated a collection of this work to the National Gallery of Art in 1985.

Wikidata identifier

Q15435214

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Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, art collector, curator, graphic artist, painter

ULAN identifier

500012452

Names

Jacob Kainen

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