Walt Kuhn (1877 - 1949)
1877-10-27New York City, USA1949-07-13White Plains, USAUSA
Walt Kuhn
Walter Francis Kuhn is an American artist who occupies a place in American art history as an accomplished caricaturist, draftsman, engraver, sculptor, and painter. His cycle of portraits of circus and vaudeville performers is world famous. He was also the organizer of the famous 1913 Armory Exhibition, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European modernism.
Date and place of birt: | 27 october 1877, New York City, USA |
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Date and place of death: | 13 july 1949, White Plains, USA |
Nationality: | USA |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Cartoonist, Genre painter, Illustrator, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Portrait |
Art style: | Socialist realism |