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1907 Antwerp, Belgium - 1993 Kingston, New York. Known for: Modernist-leaning landscape, wildlife, history.
Karl Fortess studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League. His work is has a surrealist bent and is most often identified as of the Woodstock School. Fortess has had his... Read full biography
Karl Fortess studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League. His work is has a surrealist bent and is most often identified as of the Woodstock School. Fortess has had his artworks exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum, Woodstock Art... Read full biography
Karl Fortess studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League. His work is has a surrealist bent and is most often identified as of the Woodstock School. Fortess has had his artworks exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum, Woodstock Art Association, Boston Art Museum, and Carnegie Institute. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946, the Childe Hassam Fund purchase award in 1952, and many other juried prizes during his career.... Read full biography
Karl Fortess studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League. His work is has a surrealist bent and is most often identified as of the Woodstock School. Fortess has had his artworks exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum, Woodstock Art Association, Boston Art Museum, and Carnegie Institute. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946, the Childe Hassam Fund purchase award in 1952, and many other juried prizes during his career. In addition to working as a WPA artist and administrator, Fortess taught at the Art Students League, Brooklyn Museum Art School, and Boston University.
Karl Fortess studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League. His work is has a surrealist bent and is most often identified as of the Woodstock School. Fortess has had his artworks exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum, Woodstock Art Association, Boston Art Museum, and Carnegie Institute. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946, the Childe Hassam Fund purchase award in 1952, and many other juried prizes during his career. In addition to working as a WPA artist and administrator, Fortess taught at the Art Students League, Brooklyn Museum Art School, and Boston University.
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Alaska Before 1940
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Europe
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •Art Students League, New York
- •Salons of America
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Brooklyn Museum Art School/Institute, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Childe Hassam Purchase Award, American Academy
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Alaska Art Project Artist, WPA
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Woodstock Art Colony
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salons of America-
- •Woodstock NY Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts