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
1992
On the night of November 16, 1992, Hammer Galleries in New York City celebrated the preview opening of the Mort Künstler exhibition, “Images of the Civil War.” It also coincided with the release of Künstler’s new book by the same title. Present at the opening was historian Rod Gragg, author of the book Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher. Rod Gragg and Mort Künstler pose in front of the painting, “The Gunner and the Colonel,” which portrays the Battle of Fort Fisher. The painting would later become the cover for the paperback edition!
For an artist who wants to paint events never before captured on canvas, can anything be more exciting than discovering a five-year period of intensely dramatic history, for which great research has been done but little art created? This is the Civil War for Mort Künstler.
Peggy Kinstler
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