2025 CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT NOW AVAILABLE!
Celebrate America's 250th Anniversary with the 2025 Mort Künstler Christmas Ornament. Now available to ship.
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.
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History in Photos
1986
On October 27, 1986, after years of effort, Lee Iacocca, the Chairman of the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation saw his dream come true. The statue had reopened and the Ellis island restoration project was well along. That evening, the Ellis Island Medals of Honor Awards dinner was held. The three Mort Künstler paintings were featured at the dinner. Freedom appeared on the cover of the Anniversary Journal. The late Cardinal O’Connor, Muhammad Ali, and Lee Iacocca posed in front of the Künstler painting The Great Hall.
The companion book, Gettysburg, also brings the battle to life. Accurately and compassionately painted by noted artist Mort Künstler and forcefully narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson, this book is a permanent and accurate record of the fighters in their battle regalia, precisely rendered and flawlessly executed: a story of human motives and triumphs and defeats with words and pictures so carefully integrated that the book is destined to become a classic.
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