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 Untitled - 1948 Price upon request
Walter Kuhlman, Painter, Teacher- 1918 - 2009
Walter
Egel Kuhlman studied at St. Paul School of Art, Minnesota from
1936-1939 and the University of Minnesota, from 1937 receiving his B.A.
in 1941. He was an instructor at the St. Paul School of Art, 1940-1941;
studied at Tulane University, New Orleans, 1945-1946; California School
of Fine Arts, 1947-1950; taught at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
summer, 1948;
Awarded Graham Fellowship, 1957. Taught at California
School of Fine Arts, 1957-1960; University California, Berkeley, summer,
1959; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1960-1965; Stanford
University, 1966-1967; University of Santa Clara, 1967-1969; Sonoma
State University, 1969-1988. Awarded Maestro Grant as outstanding
California working artist and teacher, 1982. Selected Solo Exhibitions: Walker
Art Center, Minneapolis, 1940; Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield,
Massachusetts, 1942; La Jolla Museum of Art, 1943; Santa Barbara Museum
of Art, 1943; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1956, 1964;
University of New Mexico, 1963, 1964, 1965; De Saisset Museum, Santa
Clara, 1969; Sonoma State University, 1969, 1988; Carlson Gallery, San
Francisco, 1989.
Selected Group Exhibitions: 67th Annual
Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association
at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948; Second Annual Exhibition of
Painting, California Palace of The Legion of Honor 1948; 68th Annual
Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association
at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1949; 69th Annual Painting and
Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San
Francisco Museum of Art, 1950; 70th Annual Painting and Sculpture
Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco
Museum of Art, 1951; 73rd Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of
the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art,
1954; PACIFIC COAST ART, IIIrd Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1955; 75th
Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art
Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1956; CALIFORNIA
PAINTERS, 40 Painters, Municipal Art Center, Long Beach, 1956; 76th
Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art
Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1957; 77th Annual
Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association
at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1958; Winter Invitational,
California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1960; The
Oakland Museum, California. A Period of Exploration: San Francisco
1945-1950; 1973; San Francisco Museum of Art, Painting and Sculpture in
California: The Modern Era 1976; Laguna Art Museum & San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, The San Francisco School of Abstract
Expressionism, 1996.
Literature: Henry Hopkins, Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era Susan Landauer, The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism Thomas Albright, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980 The Art of California, Selected Works from the Collection of The Oakland Museum San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Painting and Sculpture Collection David Carlson, Abstract Expressionists, An Historical Survey of Northern California Artists, Catalogue No. 1.
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