WALT KUHN
American, 1877 – 1949, NY
“PICNIC IN THE PARK”
Oil on canvas
Signed "Walt Kuhn 1919" l.l.
In giltwood frame
Museums: 69, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of
American Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art,
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Books: 208
Periodicals: 14
Image size: 10" x 14"
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WALT KUHN
A painter and major organizer of the Armory Show, Walt Kuhn is perhaps best known for his circus figure-clown depictions. They were unique in
that he treated his subjects as human beings conditioned to specialized jobs. He also painted still lifes and some landscapes. He was inspired and
influenced by many artists, most notably Paul Cezanne. And like Cezanne, he destroyed many of his canvases, saving only about a dozen
paintings a year.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York with the name William but in 1900 first used the name "Walt" when illustrating magazines in San Francisco.
He studied at the Royal Academy in Munich from 1901 to 1903 and returned to New York where he worked as a cartoonist and magazine illustrator.
He was associated with "The Eight" and with Arthur B. Davies, was a the key figure in forming the American Association of painters and Sculptors
that organized the Armory Show of 1913 that introduced modernist European art to America. Kuhn was executive secretary of the Association and
traveled abroad to select entries for the Armory Show.
In 1941, he was granted a press pass to all of the Madison Square Garden performances of the Ringling Brothers Circus, which reinforced his focus
on that subject matter.
Source:
Matthew Baigell, "Dictionary of American Art"
David Michael Zellman, "300 Years of American Art"
Museums:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts The Arkansas Arts Center Phoenix Art Museum Arizona State University Art Museum The University of Arizona Museum of Art San Diego Museum of Art Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, MH De Young The Huntington Library & Gallery Santa Barbara Museum of Art Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Denver Art Museum Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden National Gallery of Art National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian American Art Museum Lowe Art Museum The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Norton Museum of Art Georgia Museum of Art Michael C Carlos Museum Indianapolis Museum of Art Edwin a Ulrich Museum of Art New Orleans Museum of Art Addison Gallery of American Art George Walter Vincent Smith Museum Museum of Fine Arts-Springfield Ogunquit Museum of American Art Portland Museum of Art Colby College Museum of Art |
The University of Michigan Museum of Art Frederick R Weisman Art Museum The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum Museum of Art at Brigham Young University Maier Museum of Art Chrysler Museum of Art Robert Hull Fleming Museum University of Wyoming Art Museum Westervelt-Warner Museum Of American Art The Columbus Museum Minneapolis Institute of Arts Neuberger Museum of Art The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Oklahoma City Museum of Art Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Ackland Art Museum Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Joslyn Art Museum The Currier Museum of Art The Newark Museum The Brooklyn Museum of Art The Hyde Collection Memorial Art Gallery The Parrish Art Museum Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute The Columbus Museum of Art Springfield Museum of Art Butler Institute of American Art Portland Art Museum Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Hunter Museum of American Art Jack S Blanton Museum of Art |
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