Background
Social Research., Wilbur G. Kurtz, was born on February 28, 1882 in Oakland, Illinois, United States. Son of George Heelen and Amanda Helen (Baum) K.
Social Research., Wilbur G. Kurtz, was born on February 28, 1882 in Oakland, Illinois, United States. Son of George Heelen and Amanda Helen (Baum) K.
Student art DePauw University, 1901-1902, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1904-1909.
October 1946); children—Wilbur G., Nell Louise, Henry H., Annie Laurie, Eugene Allen. Married second, Annie R. Pye, February 9, 1949. Art studio, Chicago, 1910-1912, Atlanta, since 1912.
Technical advisor Gone with the Wind, Selznick International Pictures & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Culver City, California, 1939, Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California, Song of the South, 1944, Great Locomotive Chase, 1952.
Murals, easel paintings permanent collections Atlanta Woman’s Club, Clark Howell School, Capitol Homes Auditorium, Federal Reserve Bank, First National Bank, First Federal Loan & Savings Company (all Atlanta), Abbeville (South Carolina.) National Bank, others Writer history roadside markers in area of Atlanta Campaign of 1864, Georgia History Commission, 1952-1955.
Member Atlanta History Society, Atlanta Civil War Round Table, Atlanta Symposium.
Married Annie Laurie Fuller, June 14, 1911 (deceased. Married second, Annie R. Pye, February 9, 1949. Children: Wilbur G., Nell Louise, Henry H., Annie Laurie, Eugene Allen.