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Walt Kuhn
American painter
This article is about the American painter. For the American professional baseball player, see Walt Kuhn (baseball). For the German folklorist, see Walter Kuhn.
Walt Kuhn | |
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| Born | ()October 27, |
| Died | July 13, () (aged&#;71) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known&#;for | Painting, modern art |
Walter Francis Kuhn (October 27, – July 13, ) was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of , which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism.
Biography
Kuhn was born in New York City in Growing up near the Red Hook, Brooklyn[1] docks in a working-class family, he was exposed to a range of rough, colorful waterfront experiences in his youth and, though he loved to draw, nothing in his background suggested a future career in art.
Kuhn's first jobs were as a proprietor of a bicycle repair shop and as a professional bike racer. At fifteen, though, Walter Kuhn sold his first drawings