Diana Kurz Paintings
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 Universityto
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Artist: Diana Kurz
"Untitled" Diana Kurz, circa 1959 Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann Influence
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Untitled, circa 1959
Signed lower right
Signature and address on verso
Oil on canvas
42 x 38 inches
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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"Big Orange" Diana Kurz, Intense Vermillion Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Big Orange
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
44 x 38 inches
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"#10 Big Orange and Turquoise" Diana Kurz, Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
#10 Big Orange and Turquoise, 1962
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
53 x 47 1/2 inches
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Dix/Dixie unique signed Award winning pet dog painting by renowned female artist
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Dix/Dixie, 2020
Oil on linen painting
Hand signed on the front, side and back: with initials on the front; full signature on the back, and on the side
10 × 8 × 1 1/2 inche...
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2010s Realist Diana Kurz Paintings
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Oil
"Thelo #1" Diana Kurz, Abstract Expressionist Gestural Purples and Blues
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Thelo #1 , 1961
Oil on canvas
64 x 55 1/2 inches
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"Clifford" Diana Kurz, 1961 Abstract Expressionist New York School Female Artist
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Clifford, 1961
Signed and titled on verso
Oil on canvas
55 x 50 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Aus...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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"Thelo #5" Diana Kurz, circa 1959 Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Thelo #5, circa 1959
Oil on canvas
22 x 20 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to Englan...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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"#10 Big Orange and Turquoise" Diana Kurz, Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
#10 Big Orange and Turquoise, 1962
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
53 x 47 1/2 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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"Window" Diana Kurz, 1961 Hans Hofmann School Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Window, 1961
Oil on canvas
30 x 23 inches
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"Red Chair" Diana Kurz, 1962 Figurative Expressionist Painting New York School
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Red Chair, 1962
Signed, titled, dated on verso
Oil on canvas
53 x 41 1/2 inches
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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"Thelo #8" Diana Kurz, circa 1959 Abstract Expressionist Large Oil Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Thelo #8, circa 1959
Signed lower left
Signature and address on verso
Oil on canvas
47 x 41 inches
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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"OP #7" Diana Kurz, 1960-1961 Abstract Expressionist Vibrant Color Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
OP #7, 1960-61
Signed, titled, dated on verso
Oil on canvas
66 x 52 1/2 inches
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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"Studio Interior" Diana Kurz, 1964 Abstract Expressionist Interior Composition
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Studio Interior, 1964
Signed, titled, dated on verso
Oil on canvas
52 x 72 inches
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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"Summer Joy" Diana Kurz, circa 1960 Abstract Expressionist Colorist Composition
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Summer Joy, circa 1960
Signed and titled on verso
Oil on canvas
70 1/2 x 66 1/4 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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"Untitled" Diana Kurz, circa 1959 Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann Influence
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Untitled, circa 1959
Signed lower right
Signature and address on verso
Oil on canvas
42 x 38 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938,...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
"Big Orange" Diana Kurz, Intense Vermillion Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Big Orange
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
44 x 38 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 Paintings
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"Large Red, #3" Diana Kurz, 1960 Intense Color Gestural Abstract Work
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Large Red, #3, 1960
Oil on canvas
77 x 69 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 Paintings
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"R.O. #6" Diana Kurz, 1960s Reds and Greens Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
R.O. #6
Oil on canvas
70 x 50 inches
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Diana Kurz Paintings
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"White Red and Blue" Diana Kurz, 1960 Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
White Red and Blue, circa 1960-61
Oil on canvas
61 1/2 x 33 inches
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