1776 - 2026
Mort Künstler’s
art celebrates the 250th Anniversary of our “New Nation.”
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Morton Künstler 1927 - 2025
Our 97-year-old artist, father, friend, and colleague passed away on February 2, 2025. He had a prolific life and career, yet happily said many times “I never worked a day in my life!” He is missed by all who were lucky to have known him and his paintings.
We greatly appreciate the outpouring of condolence messages and notes. Thank you.
History in Photos
1995
On October 16, 1995, Dr. James I. Robertson, Jr., distinguished alumni professor at Virginia Tech posed with Mort Künstler in front of the painting, “The Virginia Orphan.” The occasion was the preview opening at Hammer Galleries in New York City called “Jackson and Lee, Legends in Gray.” It also celebrated the release of their new book by the same title. Later, Dr. Robertson would say of the painting, “no other depiction of Jackson better captures the image of the Virginia Orphan.” No small compliment coming from the man considered the world’s foremost authority on Stonewall Jackson.
He is the foremost Civil War artist of our time, if not of all time, because of his devotion to truth and detail in history. No one has better captured on canvas the sights, the feelings, the encompassing drama that formed the conflict of the 1860s. Many gifted wielders of the brush have given us scores of Civil War illustrations, but only Künstler has carried that skill to a level approaching perfection.
James I. Robertson, Jr.
Author, Stonewall Jackson