Studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Geneva, Switzerland
1927
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
1937
Formally accepted as a member of the Surrealist group by André Breton, Paris, France
1939
Moved to New York, NY
1939 - 1940
Began teaching at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and Briarcliff Junior College, Westchester County, NY
1950
Became naturalized U.S. citizens
1962
Died: Orange County, NY
Exhibitions
1960
Fine Arts Associates, New York, NY Ruth White Gallery, New York, NY
1958
Walker Gallery, Liverpool, UK
1953
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY
1947
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1946
Carnegie Institute, New York, NY Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1944
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Durlacher Brothers, New York, NY
1943
Mexico City Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
1942
Artists in Exile, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY
1941
Karl Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY
1940
New School for Social Research, New York, NY Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY
1939
Karl Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY (solo) The Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco, CA (solo) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY World’s Fair New York, New York, NY
1938
International Surrealist Exhibition, Paris, France
1935
Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan Wakefield Gallery, New York, NY
1933
Zwemmer Gallery, London, UK
1932
Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France
1931
Salon Des Surindependents, Paris, France
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, NY Art Museum of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL College des Musées Nationaux de France, Paris, France Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas Kunstkredit, Basel, Switzerland Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Palacio Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Simon A. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Literature
1997
Stephen E. Hauser. "Kurt Seligmann 1900-1962: Leben und Werk." Basel: Schwabe & Co. AG Verlag, 1997 (monograph)
1948
Kurt Seligmann. "Magic, Supernaturalism, and Religion." New York: Pantheon Books, 1948
