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Walter Kuhlman


 

Walt Kuhlman
Untitled - 1948
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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.