Kurt Seligmann
- Introduction
- Kurt Leopold Seligmann (1900–1962) was a Swiss-American Surrealist painter and engraver. 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.
- Wikidata
- Q450110
- Nationalities
- American, Swiss
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Writer, Engraver, Illustrator, Painter, Sculptor
- Names
- Kurt Seligmann, Kurt L. Seligmann
- Ulan
- 500022797
Exhibitions
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401: Out of War
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern
Mar 17–Jun 15, 2019
MoMA
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Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance
Mar 11–Sep 7, 2009
MoMA
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Miró’s Black and Red Series: A New Acquisition in Context
Nov 19, 1998–Feb 2, 1999
MoMA
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Fantastic Prints
Feb 6–May 6, 1997
MoMA
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Kurt Seligmann has
34 exhibitionsonline.
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Jean (Hans) Arp, Alexander Calder, Giorgio de Chirico, Hans Erni, Max Ernst, Justino Fernández, Alberto Giacometti, Julio González, Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, Jean Hélion, Vasily Kandinsky, Fernand Léger, Jacques Lipchitz, Alberto Magnelli, Joan Miró, Ben Nicholson, Amédée Ozenfant, Pablo Picasso, Kurt Seligmann, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Joaquín Torres-García, Gérard Vulliamy, Ossip Zadkine, Various Artists 23 Gravures 1930–35, published 1935
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Kurt Seligmann Plate (folio 41) from 23 Gravures 1933, published 1935
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Kurt Seligmann Flaques 1935
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Kurt Seligmann Plate (facing page 13) from Flaques 1935
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Kurt Seligmann Keep Your Paws Off (plate, facing page 21) from Flaques 1935
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Kurt Seligmann Plate (facing page 27) from Flaques 1935
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Kurt Seligmann Costume design for the Raven-Phoenix for the ballet The Golden Fleece (1940)
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Kurt Seligmann Phantom of the Past from VVV Portfolio 1942, published 1943
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Various Artists, André Breton, Alexander Calder, Leonora Carrington, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, David Hare, André Masson, Robert Motherwell, Kurt Seligmann, Yves Tanguy VVV Portfolio c. 1942, published 1943
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Kurt Seligmann Pleine Marge 1943
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Max Ernst, Stanley William Hayter, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Joan Miró, Kurt Seligmann, Yves Tanguy, Various Artists Brunidor Portfolio, No. 1 1947
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Kurt Seligmann Acteon from Brunidor Portfolio, No. 1 1947
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Kurt Seligmann Meditation 1950
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Kurt Seligmann Exorcism 1954
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Kurt Seligmann The King 1960
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