Paul Kontny

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Pawel "Paul" August Kontny Abstract Dimensional Painting Colorado Artist

By Pawel Kontny

Located in Denver, CO

Pawel (Paul) Kontny 38.5" wide and 26.5" tall painting from his series of abstracts. Paul mixed

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Pawel "Paul" August Kontny Abstract Dimensional Painting Colorado Artist

H 26.5 in W 38.5 in D 2 in

Powel Paul Kontny Oil Southwest Adobe

By Pawel Kontny

Located in Palm Springs, CA

A nicely done oil on canvas board by the noted Polish American artist Pawel Kontny. The painting

20th Century North American Paintings

Materials

Paint

Powel Paul Kontny Oil Southwest Adobe

H 40.5 in W 34.5 in D 1.25 in

Pawel Kontny “Untitled” Abstract Oil Painting, Signed

By Pawel Kontny

Located in San Francisco, CA

A textural abstract oil painting by widely-exhibited Polish-American artist Pawel “Paul” August

Vintage 1970s American Modern Contemporary Art

Pawel Kontny “Untitled” Abstract Oil Painting, Signed

H 42.75 in W 30.75 in D 1.5 in

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A painter of subjects from many parts of the world, Pawel Kontny began with wartime sketches and changed to a technique combining abstraction and realism. He was born in Laurahuette, Poland, the son of a wealthy pastry shop owner. He studied architecture, but was interrupted by World War II. Traveling in many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Italy. After the war, he studied at the Union of Nuremberg Architects to help design buildings to replace ones destroyed in the war. He also married Irmgard, a dancer with the Nuremberg Opera Company and began having well received exhibitions of his work throughout Europe. His primary subject became architecture which he built up on heavy weight masonite panels into structures with marble dust. In 1969, the Kotnys moved to Denver, Colorado where he began painting the American West. In February, 1974, "American Artist" magazine had a feature article by John Jellico on Pawel Kontny.

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