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
1996
Mort Künstler and Governor David Beasley of South Carolina chat as Künstler shows the Governor paintings in his book The American Spirit. The occasion was a visit to the Governor’s Mansion in 1996.
Mort Künstler is second to none in his portrayal of battle, whether it is the carnage at Antietam’s bloody Lane or history’s first clash of ironclad warships. And he is unequaled in pictorial descriptions of the marching, the waiting, the maneuvering. Künstler is also unsurpassed in his portrayal of winter scenes, with the shimmering blue-white of snow at dusk casting a half light of eerie beauty.
Prof. James M. McPherson
Author, Battle Cry of Freedom