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Kurt Seligmann






 

Kurt Seligmann
 

(b Basle, 20 July 1900; d Sugar Loaf, NY, 2 Jan 1962).

American painter, printmaker, sculptor, stage designer and writer of Swiss birth. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva (1920) and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence (1927). From this training he drew upon two dominant influences, combining a predilection for the illusionistic deep space and the clear vibrant colour of the Italian tradition with the fantastic narratives explored by earlier Swiss artists such as Johann Heinrich Füseli, Ferdinand Hodler, Urs Graf and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch.

 

The Pod
1959


 

Metamorphosis II
1958


 

Man in Castle I (Envelopment II)
1958


 

Turquerie
1958


 

Metamorphosis
1958


 

Untitled


 

Leda


 

Corn Spirit


 

Apparition
1944


 

Baphomet I
1947


 

Phantom of the Past
1942


 

Untitled


 

Les guerriers
1948


 

La carnaval


 

Flaques

 

Recontre Fortuite from Jean Saus
Terre Nettoye par le Vide
1940

Sorciere from Les Vagabondages Heraldiques
1934