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Mort Kunstler

Mort Kunstler (b. 1927) "Morning Mist"  (1981)  Oil on Canvas
Mort Kunstler (b. 1927) "Morning Mist"  (1981)  Oil on Canvas

Mort Kunstler (b. 1927) "Morning Mist" (1981) Oil on Canvas

By Mort Künstler

Located in Incline Village, NV

Commager, Henry Steele, Rod Gragg, and Mort Künstler. The American Spirit – the Paintings of Mort Künstler.

Category

Vintage 1980s American Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Mort Kunstler (b. 1927) "Morning Mist" (1981) Oil on Canvas

Mort Kunstler (b. 1927) "Morning Mist" (1981) Oil on Canvas

Located in Incline Village, NV

Mort Kunstler made a study of Norman Rockwell early in his career and likens himself to him in many ways, especially in the creation of a character and in the depiction of hands.

Category

Vintage 1980s Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Announcing the Charter for the First Bank in the Missouri Territory 1813

Announcing the Charter for the First Bank in the Missouri Territory 1813

By Mort Künstler

Located in Missouri, MO

Publisher's Print Image Size: approx 24 x 30 inches Framed Size: approx 31 x 37 inches Known for his Civil War genre paintings, Mort Kunstler studied art at Brooklyn College, U.C.L....

Category

20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Color

Night Attack. Men's Magazine: Action, Sex and Violence
Night Attack. Men's Magazine: Action, Sex and Violence

Night Attack. Men's Magazine: Action, Sex and Violence

By Mort Künstler

Located in Miami, FL

This action-packed narrative of a G.I. close-up gun battle incorporates five peak moments of drama. Artist Mort Künstler conceptualizes an acutely intense war scene, emphasizing the...

Category

1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Soldier Shooting Gun  with Bikini Girls,  Mid-Century Mens Magazine War
Soldier Shooting Gun  with Bikini Girls,  Mid-Century Mens Magazine War

Soldier Shooting Gun with Bikini Girls, Mid-Century Mens Magazine War

By Mort Künstler

Located in Miami, FL

The artist tells a whole action-packed story in one picture. A handsome young soldier shoots his pistol at a passing bomb-dropping airplane. The close call splashes water on him and ...

Category

1960s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board, Pencil

Battle Scene At Sea World War II . Dead Soldiers and  Blood Red Sea
Battle Scene At Sea World War II . Dead Soldiers and  Blood Red Sea

Battle Scene At Sea World War II . Dead Soldiers and Blood Red Sea

By Mort Künstler

Located in Miami, FL

The artist invents and then captures a moment of a peak drama with soldiers being shot and bombs exploding. It's beautifully rendered in Künstler signature style showcasing his deep ...

Category

1960s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Court Scene

Court Scene

By Mort Künstler

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Watercolor over pencil on card Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right

Category

1970s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Board, Pencil

Rajah of Sarawak -  Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine
Rajah of Sarawak -  Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine

Rajah of Sarawak - Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine

By Mort Künstler

Located in Miami, FL

Male illustration Illustration - Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB (29 April 1803[1] – 11 June 1868), was a British adventurer whose exploits in the Malay Archipelago made him...

Category

1950s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

The First Tanner in America
The First Tanner in America

The First Tanner in America

By Mort Künstler

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1931- Medium: Oil on Masonite Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: 29.70" x 40.00" First Tannery in America. 1973 Ad for American Cynanimid. Featured on pg. 29

Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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Cattle Drive in Winter
Cattle Drive in Winter

Cattle Drive in Winter

By Mort Künstler

Located in New York, NY

Mort Künstler (born 1931) is an American artist known for his illustrative paintings of the American Civil War.

Category

20th Century Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Warriors on Horseback Painting by Morton Kunstler, from Hammer Galleries
Warriors on Horseback Painting by Morton Kunstler, from Hammer Galleries

Warriors on Horseback Painting by Morton Kunstler, from Hammer Galleries

By Mort Künstler

Located in New York, NY

A beautiful original oil on canvas painting of warriors on horseback. Signed by Morton Kunstler. Beautifully done with outstanding detail and expression. Originally purchased at Hamm...

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20th Century North American Paintings

Flag and Union Imperiled
Flag and Union Imperiled

Flag and Union Imperiled

By Mort Künstler

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Robertson, Jr., Gods and Generals: The Paintings of Mort Künstler. Shelton, CT: Greenwich Workshop Press, 2002, illustrated in color pp. 20-21, p. 137; Mort Künstler, James M.

Category

1970s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Beginnings in New Salem
Beginnings in New Salem

Beginnings in New Salem

By Mort Künstler

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Exhibited: New York, Hammer Galleries, Mort Künstler: Epic Paintings of America, December 5, 1989 - January 3, 1990 Roslyn, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Mort Künstler...

Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The First Pledge of Allegiance
The First Pledge of Allegiance

The First Pledge of Allegiance

By Mort Künstler

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Mort Kunstler has never been swayed by the vagaries of style or technique.

Category

1970s Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

For Men Only
For Men Only

For Men Only

By Mort Künstler

Located in Fort Washington, PA

For Men Only Magazine Cover, October 1956 Considered one of America's greatest historical artists, Mort Kunstler has become well known for the extraordinary authenticity and drama...

Category

1950s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

“Lincoln Memorial”
“Lincoln Memorial”

“Lincoln Memorial”

Located in Southampton, NY

Robertson, Jr., Images of the Old West: The Paintings of Mort Künstler with Text by Michael Aubrecht, Dee Brown, Mort Künstler’s Civil War: The North and Mort Künstler’s Civil War: T...

Category

Early 2000s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

G. I. Tiger-Bandit of Saipan, Combat with Bikini Women and Explosions
G. I. Tiger-Bandit of Saipan, Combat with Bikini Women and Explosions

G. I. Tiger-Bandit of Saipan, Combat with Bikini Women and Explosions

By Mort Künstler

Located in Miami, FL

Illustration for Men's Magazine/ Pulp Magazine . "Male" depicting war in asia with cigar smoking and machine gun firing combatants. Work looks better in person. Unframed

Category

1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1973 U.S. One Sheet Film Poster
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1973 U.S. One Sheet Film Poster

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1973 U.S. One Sheet Film Poster

By Mort Künstler

Located in New York, NY

Original 1973 U.S. one sheet poster by Mort Kunstler for the film The Golden Voyage of Sinbad directed by Gordon Hessler / Ray Harryhausen with John Phillip Law / Caroline Munro / To...

Category

Vintage 1970s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Norway's Partisan Nymph
Norway's Partisan Nymph

Norway's Partisan Nymph

By Mort Künstler

Located in Minneapolis, MN

A bio on the Artist follows: Born in 1931, Mort Künstler studied art at Brooklyn College, UCLA, and the Pratt Institute.

Category

1960s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Underground Angels
Underground Angels

Underground Angels

By Mort Künstler

Located in Minneapolis, MN

A bizarre and gritty subway terror scene by Mort Kunstler from the "War at Home" genre prevalent in 1960s Men's Magazine art.

Category

1960s American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Madame Penal
Madame Penal

Mort KünstlerMadame Penal, 1959

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H 29.75 in W 23.5 in

Madame Penal

By Mort Künstler

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Leading illustrators in this strangely subversive genre, such as Norman Saunders, James Bama, Norm Eastman, Rafael DeSota and Mort Kunstler, created sensational, figurative illustrat...

Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" 1974 U.S. One Sheet Film Poster
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" 1974 U.S. One Sheet Film Poster

"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" 1974 U.S. One Sheet Film Poster

Located in New York, NY

Original 1974 U.S. one sheet poster by Mort Kunstler for the film “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” directed by Joseph Sargent with Walter Matthau / Robert Shaw / Martin Balsam / ...

Category

Vintage 1970s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Cold War Cathouse
Cold War Cathouse

Cold War Cathouse

By Mort Künstler

Located in Minneapolis, MN

A tense and hyper-realist original gouache illustration by the highly regarded and prolific illustrator Mort Künstler, that appeared as an interior 2-page spread in the May 1963 edi...

Category

1960s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Mountain Girls of Tibet
Mountain Girls of Tibet

Mountain Girls of Tibet

By Mort Künstler

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Leading illustrators in this strangely subversive genre, such as Norman Saunders, James Bama, Norm Eastman, Rafael DeSota and Mort Kunstler, created sensational, figurative illustrat...

Category

1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

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Doggy Buffet, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Doggy Buffet, Saturday Evening Post Cover

Doggy Buffet, Saturday Evening Post Cover

By Richard Sargent

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Approximate Date: 1957 Medium: Oil and Pencil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 23.50" x 20.75", Framed 29.50" x 26.50" Original cover illustration for The Saturday E...

Category

1950s Interior Paintings

Materials

Board, Color Pencil, Oil

[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon

[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon (The soldier of the Marathon), 1869 n.d. Signed, l.l. Oil on canvas 57 x 45 inches 66 x 54 x 4.5, framed This work is offe...

Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post

Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post

By Paul Rabut

Located in Miami, FL

Film noir crime drama painted in a single frame. In narrative art, telling a story in a single image is harder than doing it in episodes. "'That police officer knows you are here' J...

Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

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