Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166
Andover, MA 01810-4166
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Walter W Quirt MUSEUMS
1902 Iron River, Michigan - 1968 Minneapolis, Minnesota. Known for: Cubist images, surreal view, genre.
Social Realist, Walter Quirt's earliest works were largely political--motivated by Marxian values. Active during the 1930s, his Surrealist paintings were full of social content which encouraged... Read full biography
Social Realist, Walter Quirt's earliest works were largely political--motivated by Marxian values. Active during the 1930s, his Surrealist paintings were full of social content which encouraged radical social change. In the late 1930s, he became disenchanted with radically left ideas. Later he... Read full biography
Social Realist, Walter Quirt's earliest works were largely political--motivated by Marxian values. Active during the 1930s, his Surrealist paintings were full of social content which encouraged radical social change. In the late 1930s, he became disenchanted with radically left ideas. Later he began to experiment with new styles of painting, including figuration, fantasy and abstraction, but always contained his social and personal beliefs. In 1937 he spoke at the Museum of Modern Art Symposium... Read full biography
Social Realist, Walter Quirt's earliest works were largely political--motivated by Marxian values. Active during the 1930s, his Surrealist paintings were full of social content which encouraged radical social change. In the late 1930s, he became disenchanted with radically left ideas. Later he began to experiment with new styles of painting, including figuration, fantasy and abstraction, but always contained his social and personal beliefs. In 1937 he spoke at the Museum of Modern Art Symposium "Surrealism and Its Political Significance." He also wrote an essay "Wake Over Surrealism: With Due Respect to the Corpse" (c.1940, Pinacotheca Gallery, NYC), which contained his criticism of Dali and other Surrealists whose work he felt had... Read full biography
Social Realist, Walter Quirt's earliest works were largely political--motivated by Marxian values. Active during the 1930s, his Surrealist paintings were full of social content which encouraged radical social change. In the late 1930s, he became disenchanted with radically left ideas. Later he began to experiment with new styles of painting, including figuration, fantasy and abstraction, but always contained his social and personal beliefs. In 1937 he spoke at the Museum of Modern Art Symposium "Surrealism and Its Political Significance." He also wrote an essay "Wake Over Surrealism: With Due Respect to the Corpse" (c.1940, Pinacotheca Gallery, NYC), which contained his criticism of Dali and other Surrealists whose work he felt had degenerated into negativism and decadence. Source:. http://www.mrs.umn.edu/ethan/Walter1.cgi. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American... Read full biography
Walter W Quirt - Artist Info
About Walter W Quirt: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (21)
All MuseumsFigge Art Museum
225 West 2nd Street
Davenport, IA 52804-4520George Walter Vincent Smith Museum
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Henry Art Gallery
University of Washington
Ne 41st And 15th Avenue Ne
Seattle, WA 98195-3070Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Sam Fox Arts Center/Washington University
One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1214
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404Museum of Art at Brigham Young University
North Campus Drive
Box 23300
Provo, UT 84602-1400Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403Weisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014