Original Surreal Mixed Media Art Painting by Johannes Kunst Attic Series

Item Description
Mixed media (watermedia, pencil, metallic elements) painting/drawing on watercolor paper from the "Attic Series" featuring surreal figures under a spotlight looking into another room with surreal figures. This piece is part of a series said to relate to a two-year time frame during WW11 when the artist and his brother hid in their grandparent’s’ attic from the Germans. Signed and dated 7/30/74 upper right. Unframed. Matted with white matboard. Piece it attached to matboard with tape on the top edge of the back. Sight 9 5/8" x 12 7/5." Matboard 16" x 20." See photos.

Kunst was born in the Netherlands and emigrated to the United States after WWII. The war had a dramatic effect on Kunst and his work as has been explored by a recent exhibition by CoCA and guest curator Matthew Kangas entitled Hiding from the Nazis: The Art of Johannes Kunst. According to research from the exhibition, the Attic Series relates to a two-year period when the artist and his brother hid in the attic of their grandparent’s house to protect them from conscription into slave labor in Germany, a story with deep parallels to Anne Frank whose family was in hiding during the same period. Kunst studied in CA before moving to Seattle in 1989 and retiring to Blaine, WA in 2002. His art has been shown in galleries and museums throughout both the Netherlands and the US.

Item Specifics
Artist: Johannes Kunst
Material(s): Paper, Watermedia, Pencil
Style: Surrealism
Era: 1970-1979
Size: Sight 9 5/8" x 12 7/5." Matboard 16" x 20"

Item Condition
Very good condition, no defects noted. Unframed, matted with white colored matting board. See photos.

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