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Karl Knaths (American, 1891-1971)
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Karl Knaths
Frightened Deer
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Karl Knaths
White Mustang
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Biography |
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1928 |
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The Norman Wait Harris Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago |
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1932 |
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Gold Medal, Boston Tercentenary Art Exhibition |
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1946 |
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First Prize, Carnegie Institute International Exhibition |
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1950 |
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Third Honorable Mention, Carnegie Institute International Exhibition |
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1950 |
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First Prize, Metropolitan Museum, “American Painting Today,” Basket Bouquet |
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1951 |
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Honorary Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, Board of Trustees, Chicago Art Institute |
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1955 |
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Election to membership to National Institute of Arts and Letters |
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1959 |
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Election to membership to National Institute of Arts and Letters |
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1961 |
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Brandeis University Creative Arts Award for Painting |
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1962 |
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Andrew Carnegie prize, annual exhibition of The National Academy of Design |
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1963 |
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National Academy of Design, Altman Prize |
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1964 |
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Audubon Art Award |
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1965 |
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National Academy of Design, Altman Prize |
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1968 |
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Elected to National Academy of Design |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Azur, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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2007 |
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"Cross Currents: Milton Avery, Karl Knaths, Herman Maril," David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, NY |
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2005 |
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"American Masters & Modernists: Karl Knaths," David FIndlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, NY |
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1988 |
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Provinetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA |
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1982 |
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"Appreciations: Karl Knaths," The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
"Karl Knaths, 1819-1871: works on paper 1919-1930," Everson Museum of Art, Woodstock, NY
"Karl Knaths: Ornaments of Glory," Milton and Sally Avery Center for the Arts, The Bard College Center, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY |
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1973 - 1974 |
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“Karl Knaths, Five Decades of Painting,” memorial retrospective, International Exhibitions Foundation. Exhibition traveled to five museums. |
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1972 |
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Memorial retrospective, Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY |
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1971 |
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Memorial exhibition, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC |
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1965 |
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Retrospective, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC |
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1959 |
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Retrospective exhibition, “Four American Expressionists,” Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY. Traveled to The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Columbus Gallery of Art, Columbus, OH; The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX. |
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1945 |
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Solo Show, Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY |
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1930 |
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Solo Show, Charles Daniel Gallery, New York, NY |
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Literature |
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1973 |
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Karl Knaths, Five Decades of Painting, a Loan Exhibition, with an Introduction by Charles E. Eaton, circulated by the International Exhibitions Foundation, illustrated in color and black and white, 1973 |
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1972 |
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Hilton Kramer, New York Times, Jan., 1972 |
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1970 |
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Duncan Philips and His Collection, Marjorie Phillips, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1970 |
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1962 |
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“Artist Speaks”, John Canaday, New York Times, Dec., 1962 |
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1959 |
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“Karl Knaths”, Lloyd Goodrich, Praeger Publishers for the Whitney Museum, “Four American Expressionsts”, 1959 |
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1955 |
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“Karl Knaths Cape Cod”, a motion picture of Knaths and 35 of his paintings. A Docufilm, Contemporary American Artists Series, No. 1, 1955 |
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1954 |
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Karl Knaths, Paul Mocsanyi, with an introduction by Duncan Philips, An appreciation by Emanuel Benson, and a commentary by Karl Knaths, illustrated in color and black and white, Washington, 1954 |
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1949 |
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“Knaths Paints a Picture”, Elaine de Kooning, Art News, Nov., 1949 |
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1946 |
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American Abstract Artists, New York, 1946 |
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1931 |
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“The Artist Sees Differently”, Duncan Phillips, Weyhe, New York, Washington, 1931 |
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