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Kurt Ferdinand Roesch (1905–1984) was a German born American painter.

Kurt Roesch
Kurt Roesch in 1958
Born	(1905-12-12)December 12, 1905 Berlin, Germany
Died	October 8, 1984(1984-10-08) (aged 96) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting

Biography

Roesch was born on December 12, 1905[1] in Berlin and studied painting with the expressionist Karl Hofer. Roesch immigrated to the United States in 1933, living first in Katonah, New York, and then in New Canaan, Connecticut. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College from 1934 to 1972, and died October 8, 1984 at his home in New Canaan.[2]

Man with Bird from 1977, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, demonstrates his semiabstract images that often reference animals or plants. The Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, Ohio), the Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, Ohio), the Frederick R Weisman Art Museum (Minneapolis, Minnesota), the Honolulu Museum of Art,[3] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[4] the Museum of Modern Art (New York City),[5] and the Sheldon Museum of Art (Lincoln, Nebraska) are among the public collections holding works by Roesch.[2][6]

References

• Falk, Peter Hastings; Who Was Who in American Art; Artists Active 1898-1947, 1985
• Barr, Alfred; Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1977
• Jaques Cattell Press; Who's Who in American Art, 12th Edition, 1976
• Buffalo Fine Arts Academy; American Art in Upstate New York; Drawings, Watercolors and Small Sculptures, 1974
• Janis, Sidney; Abstract-Surrealist Art in America, 1969
• Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel; American Painting Today, 1956
• Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge; Index of Artists International Biographical (2 Vols), 1948

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[de] Kurt Roesch

Kurt Ferdinand Roesch (* 12. Dezember 1905 in Berlin; † 8. Oktober 1984 in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA) war ein deutsch-US-amerikanischer Maler und Schriftsteller.

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