Otto Hermann Kahn Otto Hermann Kahn Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Otto was born on February 21, 1867 in Mannheim, Germany, and raised there, by his Jewish parents, Emma (née Eberstadt) and Bernard Kahn. His father had been among the refugees to the United States after the revolution of 1848 and had become an American citizen, but later returned to Germany. Kahn was educated in a gymnasium in Mannheim. Kahn's ambition was to be a musician, and he learned to play several instruments before he
Tobi Kahn Ashton and Michael Brenson traveled to 8 museum across the country from 1997-1999. Art in America included "Metamorphoses" in its national museum preview list. In 1999, the solo exhibition, "AVODAH: Objects of the Spirit" opened in New York at Hebrew Union College and traveled to over 20 venues over a 9-year period throughout the United States. An accompanying book, "Objects of the Spirit: Ritual and the Art of Tobi Kahn" was published by Hudson Hills Press and the Avodah Institute, edited by Emily Bilski. Kahn created the set design for the 1990 Elizabeth Swados production of "Jonah" at the Public