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
In 1992, the book Images of the Civil War - The Paintings of Mort Künstler with text by Dr. James McPherson was published by Gramercy, a division of Random House. As part of the celebration, an exhibition of paintings was organized that was shown at Gettysburg National Military Park, from May 15 to August 1, 1992. This was the first one-man exhibition of a living artist ever given at the Park Museum. Mort Künstler was given the same honor of being the first artist ever to have a one-man show at the beautiful Hall of Valor Museum at the New Market Battlefield in Virginia from August 15 to October 15, 1992. The exhibition then moved on to open at Hammer Galleries in New York City on November 16. It was there at the preview opening that this photo was taken of Künstler with the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, Dr. James McPherson.
He deserves double credit. His art is terrific, and he’s attracted thousands of people to Civil War art. It is unfortunate that artists like Künstler tend to get overlooked by museums and critics because of today’s focus on abstraction.
Harold Holzer
Metropolitan Museum of Art