Background
Kuhn, Walt was born on October 27, 1880 in New York City. Son of Francis and Amelia (Barbas) Kuhn.
Kuhn, Walt was born on October 27, 1880 in New York City. Son of Francis and Amelia (Barbas) Kuhn.
Educated private schools, New York City. Studied art in France, Germany, Holland, Italy and Spain.
Began career as cartoonist, San Francisco, 1899-1900. Instructor drawing and painting, New York School of Art, 1908-1909, Art Students League New York, 1926-1927. Art adviser to John Quinn, 1912-1920.
With Arthur B. Davies organized International Exhibition of Modern Art (Armory Show), 1913.
Republican in permanent collection of Addison Gallery American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, Brooklyn Museum, California Palace of Legion or Honor, San Francisco, Art Institute Chicago, Columbus (Ohio) Gallery of Fine Arts, Dublin (Ireland) Museum, Los Angeles Museum, Museum Modern Art, New York City, Denver Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery (Kansas City, Missoury), New York Public Library, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia, Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, Encyclopedia Britannica, Norton Gallery, Wast Palm Beach, Florida, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Wichita (Kansas) Art Museum, Rutgers University, North. Brunswick, New Jersey, Owego Public Schools, New York, Fine Arts Center, Springs, John Herron Art Institute Indianapolis, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Exhibition Fifty Years a Painter, 1948. Most widely known works: “The Blue Clown,” “The Guide,” “Jeannette,” “The White Clown,” “Juggler,” “Trio,” “Trade,” “Roberto,” “Apples in the Hay.” Creator of ballets and pantomimes for the stage.
Designer of interiors of club cars, “The Frontier Shack” on streamliner City of Denver, 1936, “The Little Nugget” on streamliner City of Los Angeles, 1937. Also decorative panels in the club car “Hollywood,” on the streamliner City of Los Angeles, 1941.
Author of The Story of the Armory Show (brochure), 1938.
Author and producer of motion picture, “Walt Kuhn’s Adventures in Art,” 1939. “Fifty Paintings by Walt Kuhn,” public in book form, 1940. Home: 65 University Place Studio: 112 East. 18th Saint, New York City 3.
Married Vera Spier, February 6, 1909.