Louis Kurz Still Life Oil Painting

Item Details

Louis Kurz (American, 1834–1921)
Untitled (Still life), late 19th century
Oil on canvas
Signed to the upper right corner

A still life oil painting on canvas by Austrian-born Chicago Artist Ludovicus Ferdinandus Josephus Kurz von Goldenstein, known as Louis Kurz (1835-1921). The painting depicts an array of vegetables including corn, peppers, and eggplant with a vessel in the background. The painting is signed ‘L.O.V. Kurz’ in the upper right corner.

Louis Kurz was born in Austria but moved to Chicago with his family in 1853. Working in both Milwaukee and Chicago, Kurz became renowned as a printmaker, creating romanticized scenes from the Civil War in chromolithographic form along with his partner Alexander Allison. He is also known as a friend of President Lincoln and one of the co-founders of the Art Institute of Chicago shortly after the Great Fire of 1871.

Condition

- repaired tear 5 inches long in upper left corner; light craquelure; accretions to metallic trim on frame; light wear to wood on frame with a few light scratches.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 20" W x 16" H.

Item #

ITMG008274