Artist
Kurt Seligmann
American, 1900–1962
Kurt Seligmann was an American Abstract Expressionism artist. 6 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Kurt Seligmann was born in Basel.
Kurt Leopold Seligmann (20 July 1900, Basel – 2 January 1962, Sugar Loaf) was a Swiss-American Surrealist painter, engraver, and occultist. He was known for his fantastic imagery of medieval troubadors and knights in macabre rituals and inspired by the carnival held annually in his native Basel, Switzerland. He was extremely influential within the Surrealist movement in Paris and particularly in the United States.
Works by Kurt Seligmann
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