Kurt Ferdinand Roesch (1905–1984) was a German born American painter.
Kurt Roesch | |
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 Kurt Roesch in 1958 | |
| Born | December 12, 1905 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | October 8, 1984 (aged 78) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting |
Biography edit
Roesch was born on December 12, 1905[1] in Berlin and studied painting with the expressionist Karl Hofer. Roesch immigrated to the United States in 1933, living first in Katonah, New York, and then in New Canaan, Connecticut. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College from 1934 to 1972, and died October 8, 1984, at his home in New Canaan.[2]
Man with Bird from 1977, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, demonstrates his semiabstract images that often reference animals or plants. The Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, Ohio), the Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, Ohio), the Frederick R Weisman Art Museum (Minneapolis, Minnesota), the Honolulu Museum of Art,[3] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[4] the Museum of Modern Art (New York City),[5] and the Sheldon Museum of Art (Lincoln, Nebraska) are among the public collections holding works by Roesch.[2][6]
References edit
- ^ "Roesch, Kurt Albert". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00154593. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Service at Sarah LawrenceFor the Artist Kurt Roesch". The New York Times. 3 December 1984. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Honolulu Museum of Art wall label, Man with Bird, accession 4639.1
- ^ "Midtown Manhattan". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Kurt Roesch". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Kurt Roesch in AskArt". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
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