Kurt Seligmann

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Kurt Seligmann was a Swiss-born Surrealist painter and printmaker known for his fantastical, occult-inflected imagery and his role in introducing Surrealism to the United States.

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Kurt Seligmann canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Surrealist artist
painter
person
printmaker
associatedWith André Breton
Marcel Duchamp
Peggy Guggenheim
Yves Tanguy
causeOfDeath accidental gunshot wound
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland
dateOfBirth 1900-07-20
dateOfDeath 1962-01-02
educatedAt Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
École des Beaux-Arts, Geneva
familyName Seligmann
linked to: Seligman
field illustration
painting
printmaking
genre fantastical imagery
occult imagery
givenName Kurt
hasWorkInCollection Art Institute of Chicago
Kunstmuseum Basel
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
influencedBy Giorgio de Chirico
Max Ernst
Renaissance engraving
Salvador Dalí
alchemy
occultism
symbolism
knownFor Surrealist painting
etchings and engravings
introducing Surrealism to the United States
occult and magical themes
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
German
memberOf Surrealist group
movedTo New York City, United States
Paris, France
linked to: Paris
movement Surrealism
name Kurt Seligmann
notableWork Le miroir de la magie (illustrations)
Magic Circle
linked to: The Magic Circle

The Hermetic Circle
The History of Magic (illustrations)
The Mirror of Magic (illustrations)
occupation artist
author
placeOfBirth Basel, Switzerland
linked to: Basel-Stadt
placeOfDeath Sugar Loaf, New York, United States
linked to: Cragsmoor, New York
residence New York City, United States
linked to: New York City

Sugar Loaf, New York, United States
spouse Arlette Seligmann
wrote Le miroir de la magie
linked to: The Mirror of Magic

Magic, Supernaturalism and Religion
The Mirror of Magic

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