tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87181560511881837432024-02-06T22:05:04.226-05:00The Official Mort Künstler BlogConsidered one of America’s greatest historical artists, Mort Künstler has become well known for the extraordinary authenticity and drama of his work. Mr. Künstler has created paintings that educate and enrich the viewer’s understanding of some of the most important events in American history.Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.comBlogger333125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-84276694746292982412019-07-11T16:48:00.000-04:002019-07-11T16:55:41.168-04:00New Exhibit at The Heckscher Museum of Art: August 24 - November 17, 2019<div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "pt sans";"><span style="background-color: #fefef3; line-height: 20.8px;">on view August 24 to November 17, 2019</span><span style="background-color: #fefef3; font-size: large; line-height: 20.8px;"> </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Originally featured in magazines such as <i>Stag</i>, <i>Male</i>, and <i>For Men Only</i> in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, the illustrations brought to life headlines that screamed adventure. The images of men in combat, women in distress, and nature threatening man immediately caught the reader's attention. "You try to pick a moment that will entice the reader and catch their attention and make them want to read the whole text," explains Künstler. "The whole goal is to make them stop and go, 'what's going on here?'"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Künstler was so good, that there were instances when his carefully detailed illustrations actually inspired a story, rather than the other way around. During his long career, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Künstler illustrated stories for many authors, including Mario Puzo, author of <i>The Godfather</i>, who wrote in the same magazines under the pen name Mario Cleri. Künstler illustrated Puzo's <i>The Godfather</i> long before the movie franchise. His vision comes amazingly close to how the characters eventually appeared in the movies. These paintings will be on exhibit in <i>Mort Künstler: "The Godfather" of Pulp Fiction Illustrators</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Heckscher Museum is producing a catalogue to accompany <b style="font-style: italic;">Mort Künstler: "The Godfather" of Pulp Fiction Illustrators, </b>and publication of a companion book on Mort's men's adventure art will be released during the exhibit. A traveling exhibition is being organized as well. Artist appearances and signings to be announced.</span></div>
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Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-31924362382580921852019-04-24T10:12:00.002-04:002019-04-25T16:51:53.844-04:00From Simple Sketch to MasterpieceThe Making of a Masterpiece: The Creation Process<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Since I
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a lot of history books to get ideas for a painting. He likes to portray a
situation which is, in essence, a snapshot in time that could never have been
photographed.</span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 11pt;">Mort thinks about what
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This example of Mort's painting, <i><a href="https://bit.ly/2ZzZCfN" target="_blank">Rush to the Summit</a></i>, shows his process. It depicts Union Gen. Joshua Chamberlain ordering the 20th Maine, at the Battle of Gettysburg, to advance to the summit of Little Round Top. This action led to a significant victory, though they were extremely outnumbered by Confederate soldiers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mort starts with a very simple and rough sketch: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A final sketch is completed. Using the same method used by the masters, Mort adds gridlines to help him transfer the composition onto his canvas:</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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<br />Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-60879556472389158352019-03-25T15:31:00.000-04:002019-03-25T15:31:29.980-04:00Mort Künstler's Men's Adventure Art Featured in Sporting Classics Magazine <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Recently <i>Sporting Classics</i> magazine featured a story on Mort and his art - especially his illustrations of Man vs. Animal subjects, painted during the 1950s, 60s and 70s for men's adventure magazines. Take a peek at this interesting article written by journalist Todd Wilkinson in the Jan/Feb 2019 issue of <i>Sporting Classics</i> magazine, courtesy of <a href="http://sportingclassics.com/">sportingclassics.com</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "optima";">Not long before this tragedy,
my art publisher had made prints of my painting <i>Old Glory</i> as a promotion.
There were about eight hundred remaining. After 9/11, I decided to hand-sign the
prints, and give them to people in exchange for a $25.00 donation to the
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<span style="font-family: "optima";">I arranged for print
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concern and sympathy was universal when I met people at these events. For me it
was an act of doing something and being a part of an effort to overcome the
suffering America was experiencing. We
gave away all of the prints in a short period of time, and a second printing of
another six thousand was done. After an article was written about the prints in
Newsday and information appeared on our website, we started receiving checks
for the Red Cross in the mail – a lot of them! Our network of dealers across
the country were accepting donations to the Red Cross for these prints as well.
Donations came in from around the world.</span><span style="font-family: "optima"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "optima";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "optima";">Every morning before going
to work, I would sign hundreds of prints. My family and studio assistant packed
and mailed them. A neighbor volunteered to pack prints for hours. Within weeks we were able to
donate $200,000 for this good cause.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<i>I chose Winchester again as the setting for this painting of Stonewall and Mary Anna Jackson. It was the winter of 1861-62 that Jackson had established his headquarters there and brought his wife from Lexington. They had little time together during the war, and this was the single longest interlude that they enjoyed. He spent a lot of time that winter moving around Winchester, but he was able to have a precious moment or two with his wife.</i> — Mort Künstler</blockquote>
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Clara Barton with Walt Whitman at Chatham, December 15, 1862</div>
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In December of 1862, the small town of Fredericksburg, Virginia bore witness to one of the most one-sided battles of the entire Civil War. After crossing the Rappahannock River and taking possession of the heavily shelled town, Federal troops were devastated during a series of futile assaults on an impenetrable area beyond the city. Among the sea of bloody uniforms, a number of gray-clad wounded Confederate soldiers were caught behind enemy lines. Clara Barton, "The Angel of the Battlefield," treated them with the same care and concern that she employed with the Union soldiers. The poet and journalist Walt Whitman was a frequent hospital volunteer and field aide during the war, and was there to assist Clara Barton after this battle. </div>
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<i>Stag</i> magazine interior illustration January 1965</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Irish Brigade at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As one of the most renowned units of the American Civil War, the Irish Brigade served in the 1st Division of the Second Corps in the Army of the Potomac. Many military historians consider its performance under fire to be extraordinary and some even argue that it was the bravest division of the entire Union Army. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>With the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam approaching, I decided to take the opportunity to paint the Irish Brigade. Although I had previously painted the famous "Fighting 69th" twice [Raise the Colors and Follow Me and Hancock the Superb] I still believed there was more to their story. I realized that instead of painting another battle scene, I could depict the brigade prior to battle. The center of attention in the painting is created by the exuberant action of General Thomas Meagher and Father William Corby.</i>— Mort Künstler</span></blockquote>
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<i>Stag</i> magazine interior illustration January 1965</div>
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Stonewall and Mary Anna Jackson, Winchester, Va., Feb. 1, 1862</div>
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<i>I chose Winchester again as the setting for this painting of Stonewall and Mary Anna Jackson. It was the winter of 1861-62 that Jackson had established his headquarters there and brought his wife from Lexington. They had little time together during the war, and this was the single longest interlude that they enjoyed. He spent a lot of time that winter moving around Winchester, but he was able to have a precious moment or two with his wife.</i> — Mort Künstler</blockquote>
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Clara Barton with Walt Whitman at Chatham, December 15, 1862</div>
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In December of 1862, the small town of Fredericksburg, Virginia bore witness to one of the most one-sided battles of the entire Civil War. After crossing the Rappahannock River and taking possession of the heavily shelled town, Federal troops were devastated during a series of futile assaults on an impenetrable area beyond the city. Among the sea of bloody uniforms, a number of gray-clad wounded Confederate soldiers were caught behind enemy lines. Clara Barton, "The Angel of the Battlefield," treated them with the same care and concern that she employed with the Union soldiers. The poet and journalist Walt Whitman was a frequent hospital volunteer and field aide during the war, and was there to assist Clara Barton after this battle. </div>
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Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-83400793611198907452016-07-12T16:20:00.001-04:002016-07-12T16:20:37.177-04:00Anniversary of Washington's Crossing of the Delaware<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're anticipating the 240th anniversary of this historic event with plans for Mort's painting, <i>Washington's Crossing</i>. It will appear as part of the exhibit, <i>Mort Künstler: The New Nation,</i> at The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York (opening December 10, 2016. ) We also have plans to release a new limited edition print of the painting later this year.<br />
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When Mort's <i>Washington's Crossing</i> was unveiled in 2011, this <i>New York Times</i> article began "a media firestorm."<br />
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Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-49257886198521983852016-06-15T14:05:00.000-04:002016-06-15T15:08:48.381-04:00Art Auction: Two Original Civil War Paintings<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-36499519942194478562016-04-08T14:54:00.002-04:002016-04-13T17:37:29.173-04:00Upcoming Art Auction: 8 Original Illustrations for Sale!Eight vintage paintings from the '50s and '60s – Mort's most prolific period creating covers and interior illustrations for popular men's adventure magazines – will be coming up for auction this month.<br />
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"Kunstler was at the top of the game in his genre, putting incredible detail and accurate descriptions of uniforms, weapons, and settings into his paintings...Beginning in 1954, he created hundreds of Magazine Management's best-painted covers. His art has appeared in major magazines, such as <i>National Geographic</i>. The <i>Saturday Evening Post</i>, and Newsweek, and his commercial oeuvre also includes film posters and advertising work."<br />
– Max Allan Collins and George Hagenauer, <i>Men's Adventure Magazines in Postwar America: The Rich Oberg Collection</i>, Köln: Taschen GMBH, 2004, p. 500.<br />
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<i>The Kill-Crazy Life of John Dillinger</i>, <i>Stag</i> magazine cover, 1968</div>
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<i>The Sinking of Yamato</i>, <i>Stag</i> magazine cover, November 1964</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span>Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-8854367074868686442016-03-22T10:57:00.000-04:002016-04-04T12:05:48.719-04:00Upcoming: Scottsdale Art Auction<div style="text-align: center;">
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Two original Mort Künstler paintings are up for auction at the Scottsdale Art Auction,</div>
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Lot 110 • Oil on Board • 19 x 17.5 inches • Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500</div>
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<b><a href="http://scottsdaleartauction.com/morton-kunstler-gunfight-illustration/" target="_blank">Gunfight Illustration by Mort Künstler (Click Here for Auction Page)</a></b></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">"This painting was used for many paperback book covers. The first was Avon books. The art director at Avon, Barbara Bertoli, gave me free reign with the covers. For this painting and others, I did research Old Tucson, a recreated western town. I think this painting is one of my better action pictures." -Mort Kunstler</span></h3>
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This painting was used on the 1963 Avon paperback book cover <i>Gunsmoke in Nevada </i>by Burt Arthur. In 1987 it was used as the pocketbook paperback book cover illustration for Frank O'Rourke's <i>Violence at Sundown </i>- a copy of which will accompany this lot.<br />
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<a href="http://scottsdaleartauction.com/morton-kunstler-desert-crash-illustration/" target="_blank"><i>B-24 From Naples Missing...Crew Presumed Dead </i>by Mort Künstler</a></h3>
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Lot 109 • Gouache on board 19 x 15.5 inches • Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500</div>
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"This was the only magazine cover I posed for - I am the pilot on the far right. My good friend and artist James Bama is the pilot on the far left, wiping his brow. Jimmy has become well known for Western art." - Mort Kunstler</div>
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This was painting was done for the December 1959 issue of Stag magazine to illustrate a story entitled <i>B-24 From Naples Missing...Crew Presumed Dead </i>by Tom Perkins. A copy of this magazine will accompany this lot.<br />
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Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-25841397011571626702016-01-28T15:27:00.000-05:002016-01-29T14:23:27.218-05:00The Beauty of the Blizzard of 1996<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Deborah Künstler, Mort's wife, was a freelance writer and was frequently published in Newsday. Back in the winter of 1996, Long Island was hit with a blizzard. Here is the article published in Newsday on February 1, 1996 documenting how Mort channeled his creativity and huge amount of energy – by building an igloo to beat all igloos!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Beauty of the Blizzard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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By Deborah A. Künstler<o:p></o:p></div>
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Who can forget the winter of ’93-’94? The miracle of nature
was no longer a miracle; it was a nightmare.<o:p></o:p></div>
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By the time the eighth or ninth storm hit, our 9-year-old
grandson, Tommy, was tired of playing video games, and sledding had lost its
allure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not the outdoor type, but,
fortunately, my artist-husband, Mort, is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So he laid down his paint brushes, took Tommy outside and decided to
build an igloo.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After calling upon our architect son-in-law, Cliff, for structural advice, the two of them and Tommy started their project. Once
completed, the ’94 igloo was fun for a starter house but rather small. It was
just big enough for Mort, Tommy and one friend at a time to cook cocktail
franks over a can of sterno.</div>
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Mort and Tommy, who built an even larger igloo. More experienced by then, we
celebrated the winter with brunch for five, complete with bagels, lox and
coffee.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When the blizzard of ’96 struck, it was bad news for lots of
people but not for my husband. “This is fabulous,” Mort said to Cliff on the
phone. “We’ll make the greatest igloo ever seen south of Alaska.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The streets were vehicle-free for good reason; even those
with four-wheel-drive cars knew enough to stay home. But Mort, unstoppable in
our ’79 Bronco, drove it, plow and all, to Cliff’s studio, dragged
him away from his drawing board, and chauffeured him back to our house.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then he went to work with the plow, piling a huge mound of
snow near the kitchen door. Dressed in ski clothes, the two men started
shoveling. Our son, David, was home along with everyone else on the East Coast,
so he and Tommy joined in the dig.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Scooping out an igloo is hard work. While one person is
inside digging, someone else has to shovel the loose snow away from the
entrance. (A word of warning: this can be dangerous work and it is necessary to
have an adult around at all times. Do not try to build an igloo of this
magnitude without having architectural advice on how thick the walls need to be
to prevent a cave-in.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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By the time they were finished (about 16 hours of digging,
in Mort’s estimation) this year’s effort had become a veritable snow mansion –
the walls and roof were about 18 inches thick. Inside, the ceiling rose to more
than 6 feet and it was 11 feet in diameter. A plastic plumbing pipe jammed
through the roof serves as a chimney.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF23RFXVmB3ln-EcQKzjmXn6TuGTc_6G09SMOMjqn0Ya6tIzldgZzfbLLAzucKfpTsDyBrjVFgo3s4yPeGXhlahVwHaP6FoUASzmQD0sw_SDefI7TZMOFw5Tkd9uw77zBPLPAlfxmSwZOM/s1600/Mini_Bar.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF23RFXVmB3ln-EcQKzjmXn6TuGTc_6G09SMOMjqn0Ya6tIzldgZzfbLLAzucKfpTsDyBrjVFgo3s4yPeGXhlahVwHaP6FoUASzmQD0sw_SDefI7TZMOFw5Tkd9uw77zBPLPAlfxmSwZOM/s320/Mini_Bar.jpeg" width="209" /></a>Such a structure could not be left unadorned, so the next
day, Mort and I went to work on decorating the interior. In the kitchen area,
we scooped out holes in the wall for wine bottles and soft drinks, and built a
shelf for dishes, napkins and glassware. Silverware was stuck horizontally into
the icy walls and hooks held our cooking utensils. We brought in a round patio
table and surrounded it with four folding chairs. We placed an old fondue pot,
from early in our marriage, on the table for cooking. Built-in wooden ledges
around the perimeter of the igloo were covered with carpeting samples to serve
as additional seating.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We scooped out four niches in the walls for candles and
installed a shelf for a basket of dried flowers. On the wall, we hung a framed
print of a ship from Theodore Roosevelt’s Great White fleet, in tribute to our
community. While not exactly warm inside, we were able to sit with coats on but
without hats, gloves or scarves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ready to entertain in grand style, we started scheduling
dinner parties. We had dinner for seven with friends and their two young sons.
We had lunch with our daughter Jane, Cliff, David and Tommy and his friends.
Then people started calling us. The word was out. Everyone wanted to see the
igloo. A teacher friend suggested scheduling it for a field trip. Schools and
offices were open again, so we limited parties to weekends. Our menu became
routine: shrimp, chicken noodle soup served in mugs, cocktail franks, smores
and hot chocolate. For grown-ups, there was wine and beer; for the younger set,
apple cider and soda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say,
there was no shortage of ice.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course, the downside of igloo building is similar to that
of building castles in the sand. They tend to be short-lived. Our igloo didn’t
make it through the Jan. 19 rainstorm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And Mort swears it will be his last. “I’m going to do my best to prevent
myself from doing it again,” he said last week.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Date: </b>Saturday, February 6, 2016<br />
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Just in time for Valentine's day, Mort Künstler will be signing his newest print <i>Sally's Valentine</i> in Oyster Bay. This beautiful painting is a depiction of an actual event – the presentation of the first recorded American valentine. British officer Lt. Col. John Graves Simcoe fell for Sally Townsend, the daughter of a Patriot, while occupying her home which is now Raynham Hall Museum. Mort's signing will be just a block from where this event took place, at Long Island Picture Frame and Art Gallery.<br />
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<i>Sally's Valentine</i> and other prints by Mort will be available for <a href="http://www.mortkunstler.com/html/store-limited-edition-prints.asp?action=view&ID=1094&cat=156" target="_blank">purchase on site,</a> in a selection of sizes – framed and unframed. We hope you can join us for this special event!<br />
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Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-26603580266860520542015-12-01T16:41:00.001-05:002015-12-01T16:41:22.605-05:00Brooklyn Art Museum: Coney Island Visions of an American Dreamland<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">For 150 years, Coney Island has lured artists as a microcosm and icon of American culture. </i><span style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861–2008</span><i style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"> is the first major exhibition to explore the kaleidoscopic visual record they created, documenting the historic destination’s beginnings as a watering hole for the wealthy, its transformation into a popular beach resort and amusement mecca, its decades of urban decline culminating in the closing of Astroland, and its recent revival as a vibrant and growing community.</i></span>
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Mort Künstler's painting "Coney Island" was selected to be part of this traveling exhibit which is now at the Brooklyn Museum, thru March 13, 2016. Going to the opening was quite special for Mort and Deborah as they were both born and raised in Brooklyn and met at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. As a child, Mort would often go to the Brooklyn Museum to draw and take art lessons. He went on to study Art at Brooklyn College and Pratt Institute. As you know, the rest is history. </div>
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<i>For more information about the event, <a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/coney_island_american_dreamland" target="_blank">click here.</a></i></div>
Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-84858183313428921152015-11-23T11:36:00.001-05:002015-11-23T13:06:10.346-05:00America Illustrated: Norman Rockwell and his Contemporaries<b>Christie's Online Auction Ends Tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 24th at 2:00 p.m.</b><br />
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Five original Mort Künstler historical paintings will be auctioned tomorrow through Christie's Online Auction. To bid or for more information: <a href="http://bit.ly/1MxTHeR" target="_blank">click here.</a><br />
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These paintings were created as First Day Issue commemorative covers for Fleetwood's series "Mort Künstler's Epic Events in American History" in 1985.<br />
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Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-20069413015790515382015-11-10T12:23:00.000-05:002015-11-12T16:44:44.130-05:00Mort Künstler Paintings Coming Up for Auction<br />
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The following five paintings are in the Nov. 16th <b>Heritage Auction</b>. For more information click on the image or <a href="http://fineart.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=50+793+794+792+2088+4294950167&Nty=1&Ntk=SI_Titles&Ntt=Kunstler&searchView=list&ic4=ListView-071515" target="_blank">click here</a>. </div>
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The following seven paintings are in <b>Christie's</b> Nov. 13 - 24th auction<span style="text-align: center;">. For more information c</span>lick on the image or <a href="http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/searchresults.aspx?entry=kunstler&action=search&searchtype=u&searchFrom=header&searchSubmit=Search" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">click here. </a></div>
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Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-43614747355012707372015-10-14T10:42:00.004-04:002015-10-14T12:13:49.520-04:00Meet Mort Künstler in Gettysburg November 7th<b>Saturday, November 7, 2015</b><br />
<b>10:30am - 3:30pm</b><br />
<b>King James Galleries of Gettysburg </b><br />
<b>15 Baltimore Street Gettysburg, PA</b><br />
<b>For information: 855-855-1863</b><br />
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Mort will be signing the Official 2015 Annual Snow Print:<a href="http://www.mortkunstler.com/html/art-limited-edition-prints.asp?action=view&ID=1062&cat=133" target="_blank"> <b>"The Winds of Change."</b></a><br />
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When searching for a defining moment of the Revolution, Mort always thinks of George Washington at Valley Forge. This beautiful painting is the result of on-site research at Valley Forge National Historical Park. Friedrich Steuben, the new inspector general of the army, arrived at Valley Forge on February 23rd. He drew up and enforced a new manual of drill and training for the entire Continental army. By the time they left in June, they were smarter and better disciplined than ever before. This painting shows Steuben on foot talking with Washington, who has ridden up to see how the drilling of the troops is going.<br />
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Until now, this painting has only been reproduced in his book, <a href="http://www.mortkunstler.com/html/store-book-store.asp?action=view&ID=967&cat=161" target="_blank"><i>T<b>he New Nation: The Creation of the United States in Paintings and Eyewitness Accounts</b></i></a>, and his 2014 <a href="http://www.mortkunstler.com/html/store-calendars.asp?action=view&ID=969&cat=159" target="_blank"><b><i>New Nation</i> calendar.</b></a>Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-37349187162273402532015-10-09T17:19:00.001-04:002015-10-09T17:21:51.161-04:00WSU Brings Civil War Art Work of Mort Künstler to Ogden UtahPress Release: September 28, 2015<br />
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<a href="http://apps.weber.edu/wsuimages/WSUToday/2015/October%202015/Kunstler%20head%20shot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://apps.weber.edu/wsuimages/WSUToday/2015/October%202015/Kunstler%20head%20shot.jpg" style="margin-top: 7px;" /></a>OGDEN, Utah — Civil War stories, photographs, prints and paintings
have captivated and inspired generations of Americans. Some of the most
historically accurate paintings will be displayed in the Ogden Eccles
Conference Center (2415 Washington Blvd.) from Oct. 15-17.<br />
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Several original works of famous Civil War artist Mort Künstler will
be exhibited as part of the annual Lampros Lecture Series hosted by
Weber State University’s Department of History. The exhibit, “Civil War
Stories,” will be free and open to the public from noon-7 p.m. each day.<br />
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The artist will lecture on select pieces of art Oct. 16 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center.<br />
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“Ogden is in for a real treat,” said Jack Lampros, chairman of the
Stewart Education Foundation. “Mort Künstler is one of the premier Civil
War artists. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for most of us to
see an artist of his stature come to Ogden and display his art.”<br />
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Lampros has always had an affinity for the Civil War, having grown up
in Florida. The lecture series that bears his name has brought Civil
War scholars to Ogden each year.<br />
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“My interest in the Civil War goes back a long way,” he said. “In my
hometown there was a big statue of a confederate soldier in the
courthouse square, and I used to see that every day as a boy growing
up.”<br />
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Education Foundation. The effort to bring Künstler became a possibility
after WSU development director Nathan Clark and history professor
Richard Sadler met an acquaintance of Künstler at a Civil War
reenactment in Virginia. With the support of Frank Harrold, dean of the
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, they contacted the artist
about bringing a show to Ogden.<br />
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“He has shown his artwork in many museums in the east but was
intrigued that a university out west wanted a showing,” Clark said.<br />
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Künstler’s fascination with the Civil War began in 1982 when he was
commissioned by CBS to create a piece of artwork for the miniseries “The
Blue and the Gray.” Six years later his painting “The High Water Mark”
was unveiled at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum to
commemorate the 125th anniversary of the battle. That painting was sold
to a private collector many years ago, but was recently repurchased by a
Künstler representative and will be part of the Ogden exhibition.<br />
<br />
“Every picture that Mort Künstler paints is a chapter out of the
Civil War,” Lampros said. “It is like a whole story told in picture
form.”<br />
In addition to pieces on the Civil War, Künstler will also bring four
pieces showcasing the American West, including his depiction of a
famous Utah event.<br />
<br />
In addition to pieces on the Civil War, Künstler will also bring four
pieces showcasing the American West, including his depiction of a
famous Utah event.<br />
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in particular that we wanted him to bring was his Golden Spike piece,”
Clark said. “At one time, Mr. Künstler had been out here and seen the
historical site, and it inspired him to recreate the scene in a
painting.”<br />
Künstler studied art in New York and California, where he received
assignments from book and magazine publishers. He came to prominence in
the early 1970s, generating the interest of art collectors, including
former President Ronald Reagan. He has painted many important events in
American history, from pre-colonial America to the launch of the space
shuttle.<br />
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The annual Lampros Lecture is sponsored by Jack and Betty Lampros,
the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences and the Department of
History.<br />
Visit <a href="http://weber.edu/wsutoday">weber.edu/wsutoday</a> for more news about Weber State University.<br />
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<b> </b><b>To Read Original Press release, <a href="http://www.weber.edu/WSUToday/100815_KunstlerCivilWar.html" target="_blank">Click Here </a></b></h4>
<br />Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-90123251079678092242015-09-28T12:31:00.000-04:002015-09-28T12:45:13.047-04:00The Making of a Masterpiece: Winds of Change Phase 5<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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black of Washington’s hat to take the eye to the center of interest, George
Washington. The line-up of the troops behind von Steuben forms a visual arrow
with the point leading the eye to Washington, as does the broken limb in the
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<em><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: normal;">Mort’s depiction of Washington is
in keeping with the personal observations of his peers. Thomas Jefferson
described him on a horse as follows: "His person, you know, was fine, his
stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect, and noble. He
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<em><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: normal;">This limited edition print is now available for purchase: </span></em><a href="http://bit.ly/1Lh3loL" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1Lh3loL</a></div>
Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-89600928012649576192015-09-25T09:26:00.000-04:002015-09-25T12:24:28.305-04:00The Making of a Masterpiece: Winds of Change Phase 4<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fefef3; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.8px; margin: 0in;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Optima;"><i>Washington at Valley Forge, March 4, 1778</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Optima;">The scene shows von Steuben, who is on foot, talking
with Washington, who has ridden up to see how the drilling of the troops is
going. No more than twenty-five or thirty men could be drilled at any one time.
The troops, including Washington’s Life Guards, wait at ease. Alexander
Hamilton, the next most prominent rider under the flags and immediately in back
of Washington, is easily recognized – his picture is on the $10 bill.</span></i><span style="font-family: Optima;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– Mort Künstler</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima;">Mort has painted all the
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Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-57015954041667892202015-09-24T09:24:00.000-04:002015-09-24T09:44:45.910-04:00The Making of a Masterpiece: Winds of Change Phase 3<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Optima;"><i>Winds of Change<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Optima;">In the winter of 1777-78 Valley Forge was the fifth largest city in what was then the
United Colonies. I realized that I could show the enormous size of the
encampment, and the hardship the men endured, by showing as much of the cabins
as possible. I was also able to get in a construction scene in the middle
ground to the immediate right of the General’s entourage. Part of the crew<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8718156051188183743" name="_GoBack"></a> warms up around a fire. Behind them, in the background near
the cabins, is the regimental standard of the Pennsylvania regiment present at
Valley Forge during that epic winter of hardship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– Mort Künstler</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima;">Although the majority of the painting needs to be
completed, you can see in this small detail a large number of cabins, as well
as a group of soldiers warming themselves by a fire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-44333978610378981652015-09-23T09:50:00.000-04:002015-09-24T09:15:27.260-04:00The Making of a Masterpiece: The Winds of Change Phase 2<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Winds of Change</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Washington
at Valley Forge, March 4, 1778</span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Optima;">After
reading whatever I could in advance, I visited Valley Forge National Historical
Park and had a tour of all the pertinent sites with its then chief historian,
Dona McDermott. I examined all previous art that had been done of Washington at
Valley Forge and realized no one had ever done one painting showing Washington, Von Steuben, Lafayette, and Alexander Hamilton all at the same time. I also
wanted to be able to show snow on the ground. When I learned that von Steuben
arrived on February 23<sup>rd,</sup> and there was a heavy snowfall on March 3<sup>rd</sup>, I had my time frame for the painting.</span></i><span style="font-family: Optima;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– Mort Künstler</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima;">You can see what the feel of the painting will be
after Mort has painted the sky. When completed, you will see that he used the
light streak of the setting sun to create a contrast against the center of
interest, George Washington.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima;">Winds of Change<br />Washington at Valley Forge,
March 4, 1778 </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Optima;">When
searching for a defining moment of the Revolution, I always think of Washington
at Valley Forge. I had painted the Father of our Country a number of times, but
never as a major oil painting at that time of our nation’s War of Independence.
Finally the opportunity came when a good friend of mine wanted to know if I
would be interested in painting George Washington. His only stipulation was
that it be colorful. I leapt at the chance. </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Optima;">– Mort Künstler</span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Optima;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima;">Mort draws preliminary sketches in order to come up with
his concept, the right angle, perspective, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After Mort has settled on the composition, he draws a final
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Mort Künstlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839859085334332270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718156051188183743.post-43107834908351623192015-07-14T14:55:00.002-04:002015-07-14T16:27:01.113-04:00"Civil War Stories" - A Presentation by Mort Künstler- Saturday, September 26<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Join Mort K<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.1200008392334px;">ü</span>nstler on Saturday, September 26, 2015, at the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center, in Huntington Station, NY. Mort will join a panel of speakers for "Civil War Stories" from 2:00 - 4:30pm. This program is a part of the War Words Wisdom Series taking place at the Walt Whitman Birthplace this year.<br />
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Mort will be presenting and answering questions from the audience on his own historic artworks, including <i>Angel of the Battlefield: Clara Barton with Walt Whitman at Chatham, December 15, 1862. </i>Following the program, there are plans for a print sale and signing.<br />
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We look forward to seeing you there! For more info fee free to <a href="mailto:info@mortkunstler.com" target="_blank">email</a> us or visit the Walt Whitman Birthplace<a href="http://www.waltwhitman.org/component/eventlist/details/263" target="_blank"> website</a>.<br />
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