Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Kurt Seligmann
(1900 - 1962)
 
Kurt Leopold Seligmann was a Swiss-American Surrealist painter, engraver, and occultist He was known for his fantastic imagery of medieval troubadors and knights in macabre rituals and inspired by the carnival held annually in his native Basel, Switzerland. He was extremely influential within the Surrealist movement in Paris and particularly in the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Seligmann



Vanity of the Ancestors
1940–43.
Oil on panel,
124,4 x 149,8 cm
Private Collection

   

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