Kurt Seligmann

American · 1900–1962 · Painter, Printmaker

Kurt Leopold Seligmann was a Swiss-American Surrealist painter, engraver, and occultist. He was known for his fantastic imagery of medieval troubadors and knights in macabre… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Kurt Seligmann, Sur les Barricades, 1929, oil on wood panelSur les BarricadesPhillips · $177,800≈ £140,365≈ €168,339Sign up to see
  2. Kurt Seligmann, Iphigenia, 1946, oil on canvasIphigeniaRago Auctions · $140,800≈ £105,777≈ €122,435Sign up to see
  3. Kurt Seligmann, Untitled (Surrealist Study), 1952, ink on paperUntitled (Surrealist Study)Rago Auctions · $1,188≈ £983≈ €1,139Sign up to see

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Kurt Leopold Seligmann 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.

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Born 1900, BaselDied 1962, New York CityOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q450110 ↗ULAN 500022797 ↗

Also known as Curt Leopold Seligmann, Kurt L. Seligmann, Kurt Leopold Seligmann

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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