Recha Kohen

Recha Kohn - born in Frankfurt as the child of Polish-Jewish immigrants, escaped deportation by the Nazis, fled to England and made her home in Vienna after 1945. She hopes, as she explains in her remarks to move people with her gouaches, watercolours and pen and ink drawings "in such a way that they perceive the plight of their people and partake of it, instead of being content with their own placid carelessness". From 1956 to 1959 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, art education with Prof Matejka-Felden She has exhibited all over the world. Recha died in 2024 in Vienna.