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| Kurt Seligmann (1900–1962) | ||||||||||
| Born in Basel, Seligmann was a surrealist artist and scholar who worked across painting, sculpture, printmaking, engraving, and etching. His expertise in magic, the supernatural, and religion is reflected in much of his art. He developed a fascination with the Gothic and Renaissance periods during his childhood, often exploring them in the local art museum. In 1919, he moved to Geneva to study at the School of Fine Arts. Between 1927 and 1939, Seligmann lived in Paris, where he became deeply involved in the Surrealist movement, living next to Salvador Dalí. He was friends with Jean Arp, Max Ernst, and Marcel Duchamp, whose works were influenced by Seligmann's etchings and occult imagery. One of his early works, The Harpist, was shown at the 1938 International Exhibition of Surrealism in Paris. In 1939, as a refugee from Nazi occupation, he moved to New York, where he exhibited at the Karl Nierendorf Gallery. He continued his artistic and publishing work in New York, also teaching, until retiring in 1958. Seligmann was a prolific writer, publishing extensively on the history of occultism. He died in New York. | ||||||||||
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