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Karl Knaths

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Karl (Otto Karl) Knaths (1891 - 1971) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Wisconsin / USA.  Karl Knaths is known for Cubist still life-figure, non-ob, printmaking.

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 A painter recognized for his highly individual interpretation of Cubism, Karl Knaths was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in 1891. He grew up in the Midwest, and in 1912, he moved to Chicago, where he studied at the School of the Art Institute for four years. In 1913, he saw the Chicago exhibition of the groundbreaking Armory Show and was immediately drawn to the modernist work from Paris, especially the art of Paul Cézanne.

Massachusetts in 1919. His earliest work was inspired by the art of the Impressionists. However, after fraternizing with many of the local artists who had experienced the progressive art life of Paris, and by studying the examples of advanced European art in books and magazines, Knaths became deeply influenced by Cubism. By the late 1920s, he had evolved a very personal approach to this aesthetic, basing his abstract, but still recognizable compositions on seascapes and still life subjects.

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Karl Knaths


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt StyleArt SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  • Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Association
  • American Abstract Artists-
  • Milwaukee Art Association/Milwaukee Art Society/Institute
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
  • Salons of America
  • Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • Emily Lowe Memorial Award, National Academy of Design
  • Norman Wait Harris Silver Medal, Chicago Art Institute
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Preston Morton Collection
  • Sara Roby Foundation
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Figure Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
  • German
Artist Colony
  • Provincetown Printers
Exhibition of Art Association
  • American Abstract Artists
  • Audubon Society of Artists
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Salons of America-
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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