Sat June 13, 2015
Kurt Seligmann: First Message from the Spirit World of the Object
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Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco presents Kurt Seligmann: First Message from the Spirit World of the Object, from May 9th to June 13th. The exhibition will be the first major American retrospective on the influential Surrealist artist in 55 years. The exhibition will feature over 50 paintings spaning all four decades of the artist’s oeuvre as well as several important works on paper. Additionally, Weinstein Gallery will host a Seligmann symposium featuring a webcast roundtable discussion and a book release of the first English-language scholarship on the artist. The roundtable will begin on May 9th at 4PM, followed by the exhibition opening at 6PM.
This will be the first exhibition mounted in Weinstein Gallery's new location at 444 Clementina Street, San Francisco.
Weinstein.com
Kurt Seligmann (1900 – 1962) was one of the original Surrealist artists, and the first to come to the United States from Europe in the years leading up to World War II. His work encompasses paintings and etchings steeped in mythology, the occult, and dreamlike imagery. Born in Basel, Switzerland in 1900, Seligmann studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence before moving to Paris in 1927, where he began to experiment with Surrealism. André Breton, the father of Surrealism, accepted him as a member of the Parisian Surrealist group in 1937. In 1939, just before the war, Seligmann and his wife Arlette moved to New York, where he began exhibiting his paintings at the Karl Nierendorf Gallery. He exhibited regularly in other New York galleries during this period, and taught at Brooklyn College. During WWII, Seligmann spearheaded efforts to bring other Surrealist artists from Europe to the safety of the United States, and his work continued to flourish in the 1940s. The artist’s keen interest in magic and the occult led him to author the book, The Mirror of Magic, in 1948. Seligmann died in 1961 at his farm in upstate New York.
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This will be the first exhibition mounted in Weinstein Gallery's new location at 444 Clementina Street, San Francisco.
Weinstein.com
Kurt Seligmann (1900 – 1962) was one of the original Surrealist artists, and the first to come to the United States from Europe in the years leading up to World War II. His work encompasses paintings and etchings steeped in mythology, the occult, and dreamlike imagery. Born in Basel, Switzerland in 1900, Seligmann studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence before moving to Paris in 1927, where he began to experiment with Surrealism. André Breton, the father of Surrealism, accepted him as a member of the Parisian Surrealist group in 1937. In 1939, just before the war, Seligmann and his wife Arlette moved to New York, where he began exhibiting his paintings at the Karl Nierendorf Gallery. He exhibited regularly in other New York galleries during this period, and taught at Brooklyn College. During WWII, Seligmann spearheaded efforts to bring other Surrealist artists from Europe to the safety of the United States, and his work continued to flourish in the 1940s. The artist’s keen interest in magic and the occult led him to author the book, The Mirror of Magic, in 1948. Seligmann died in 1961 at his farm in upstate New York.
Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco presents Kurt Seligmann: First Message from the Spirit World of the Object, from May 9th to June 13th. The exhibition will be the first major American retrospective on the influential Surrealist artist in 55 years. The exhibition will feature over 50 paintings spaning all four decades of the artist’s oeuvre as well as several important works on paper. Additionally, Weinstein Gallery will host a Seligmann symposium featuring a webcast roundtable discussion and a book release of the first English-language scholarship on the artist. The roundtable will begin on May 9th at 4PM, followed by the exhibition opening at 6PM.
This will be the first exhibition mounted in Weinstein Gallery's new location at 444 Clementina Street, San Francisco.
Weinstein.com
Kurt Seligmann (1900 – 1962) was one of the original Surrealist artists, and the first to come to the United States from Europe in the years leading up to World War II. His work encompasses paintings and etchings steeped in mythology, the occult, and dreamlike imagery. Born in Basel, Switzerland in 1900, Seligmann studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence before moving to Paris in 1927, where he began to experiment with Surrealism. André Breton, the father of Surrealism, accepted him as a member of the Parisian Surrealist group in 1937. In 1939, just before the war, Seligmann and his wife Arlette moved to New York, where he began exhibiting his paintings at the Karl Nierendorf Gallery. He exhibited regularly in other New York galleries during this period, and taught at Brooklyn College. During WWII, Seligmann spearheaded efforts to bring other Surrealist artists from Europe to the safety of the United States, and his work continued to flourish in the 1940s. The artist’s keen interest in magic and the occult led him to author the book, The Mirror of Magic, in 1948. Seligmann died in 1961 at his farm in upstate New York.
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This will be the first exhibition mounted in Weinstein Gallery's new location at 444 Clementina Street, San Francisco.
Weinstein.com
Kurt Seligmann (1900 – 1962) was one of the original Surrealist artists, and the first to come to the United States from Europe in the years leading up to World War II. His work encompasses paintings and etchings steeped in mythology, the occult, and dreamlike imagery. Born in Basel, Switzerland in 1900, Seligmann studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence before moving to Paris in 1927, where he began to experiment with Surrealism. André Breton, the father of Surrealism, accepted him as a member of the Parisian Surrealist group in 1937. In 1939, just before the war, Seligmann and his wife Arlette moved to New York, where he began exhibiting his paintings at the Karl Nierendorf Gallery. He exhibited regularly in other New York galleries during this period, and taught at Brooklyn College. During WWII, Seligmann spearheaded efforts to bring other Surrealist artists from Europe to the safety of the United States, and his work continued to flourish in the 1940s. The artist’s keen interest in magic and the occult led him to author the book, The Mirror of Magic, in 1948. Seligmann died in 1961 at his farm in upstate New York.
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