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Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

American, Austrian, b. 1938
Diana Kurz was born in Vienna, Austria, came to the US in 1940 and lives in Soho, NYC. She has been an exhibiting representational painter since the 1970s. Her subject matter includes monumental figure paintings, landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and animal imagery, and an important series of works on the theme of the Holocaust. Color is of primary importance in her work. Her preferred medium is oil on linen canvas, and she also works with watercolor and pastel on paper. Her art has been widely exhibited in solo and group shows in museums and galleries throughout the United States and Europe, and is in many distinguished collections including The Corcoran Gallery of Art; Rose Art Museum; Smith College Museum of Art ; Wien Museum, Vienna; The Jewish Museum of Vienna; Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem; Bezirksmuseum Josefstadt, Vienna; Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Rowan University, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Wash. DC and other public and private collections. She has received numerous grants and awards including, among others:, a Fulbright Fellowship to France; American Center Residency in Paris; New York State Council on the Arts CAPS Grant; VCCA/Austrian Federal Ministry of the Arts Artist-In-Residence in Vienna; Atlantic Center for the Arts and artist residencies at Hambidge Center, Atlantic Center for theArts, , Yaddo, McDowell Colony, VCCA among others.. She has taught studio art at Queens College, Pratt Institute, Philadelphia College of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Colorado, Boulder, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Kurz received her B.A. from Brandeis University and M.F.A. from Columbia University
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Artist: Diana Kurz
"Casper" Diana Kurz, New York Female Abstract Expressionist Gouache on Paper
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Casper Gouache on paper 11 x 17 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to England and then ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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"Study for TH" Diana Kurz, Mid-Century Push And Pull Abstract Expressionist Work
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Study for TH Pastel and gouache on paper 21 1/2 x 20 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Gouache

"Green Square #14" Diana Kurz, Vibrant Color Abstract Expressionist Work
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Green Square #14 Gouache on paper 11 x 14 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to England...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

"Green Square #19" Diana Kurz, Abstract Expressionist Gestural Green and Purple
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Green Square #19 Gouache on paper 25 x 19 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to England...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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"June" Diana Kurz, Abstract Colorist Composition New York Abstract Expressionism
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz June Watercolor and pastels on board 17 x 23 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to Engl...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Watercolor, Board

"Pink Green Study" Diana Kurz, Abstract Grid Expressionist New York Pastel
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Pink Green Study Pastel on paper 20 x 15 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to England ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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"Untitled" Diana Kurz, Intense Yellow Abstract Composition on Paper
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Untitled, circa 1961 Pastel on paper 25 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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"Light White" Diana Kurz, 1960s Abstract Expressionist Subtle Color Composition
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Light White Pastel on Paper 14 x 11 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to England and t...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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"Still Life" Diana Kurz, Expressionist Still Life With Skull Pastel on Paper
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Still Life, 1966 Signed and dated lower right Pastel on paper 19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's f...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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"Green Square #12" Diana Kurz, Intense Green Abstract Expressionist Composition
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Green Square #12 Gouache on paper 19 x 14 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to England...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

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