Kurt Kühn Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Kurt Kühn Art Value Price Guide

May. 17, 2024
Kurt Kühn: Nude Female Sitting in an Armchair
Est: €1,200 - €1,700
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: Nude Female Sitting in an Armchair. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 127 x 95cm. Notation: Illegibly inscribed lower right: Verso: Original estate label with the number 431 including the estate stamp and confirmation of authenticity from Charlotte Kühn. Provenance: From the artist's estate. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Kurt Kühn Germany Paintings Woman Painting Nude
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
May. 17, 2024
Kurt Kühn: Apple Bush
Est: €400 - €600
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: Apple Bush. Technique: Oil on wood. Measurement: 35 x 28cm. Notation: Signed and illegibly inscribed lower right: "K.Kühn/ (...)". Verso: Original estate label with the number 444 as well as estate stamp. Condition: On the exterior margin slight rubbing to the painting area. Otherwise in very good condition and original condition. Provenance: From the artist's estate. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 28,57 Euro plus 5,43 Euro VAT EU: 42,02 Euro plus 7,98 Euro VAT Worldwide: 71,43 Euro plus 13,57 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Explanations to the Catalogue Kurt Kühn Germany Paintings Still Life Painting Fruits
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May. 17, 2024
Kurt Kühn: Still Life with Apples on the Veranda of the Studio above a Lake
Est: €700 - €1,000
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: Still Life with Apples on the Veranda of the Studio above a Lake. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 65 x 54cm. Notation: Signed lower left: "K. Kühn". Verso: On the canvas original estate label with the number 394 including an estate stamp. Provenance: From the artist's estate. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 37,82 Euro plus 7,18 Euro VAT EU: 63,03 Euro plus 11,97 Euro VAT Worldwide: 109,24 Euro plus 20,76 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Explanations to the Catalogue Kurt Kühn Germany Paintings Landscape Painting Still Life
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
May. 15, 2023
Kurt Kühn: Male Nude in Primeval Nature
Est: €800 - €1,000
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: Male Nude in Primeval Nature. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 131 x 105cm. Verso: Original estate label with the number 312 as well as estate stamp on the canvas. Provenance: From the artist's estate. Explanations to the Catalogue
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
May. 15, 2023
Kurt Kühn: Apples in the Tree
Est: €800 - €1,000
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: Apples in the Tree. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 33,5 x 41,5cm. Verso: Original estate label with the number 335 as well as estate stamp on the canvas. Authenticity confirmed by Mrs Charlotte Kühn. Provenance: From the artist's estate. Explanations to the Catalogue
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
May. 15, 2023
Kurt Kühn: Sitting Beduine
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: Sitting Beduine. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 86 x 90,5cm. Notation: Signed lower left: K.Kühn/11. Verso: Original estate label with the number 423 as well as estate stamp on the canvas. Provenance: From the artist's estate. Already in the context of our last Fine Art auction in November 2022, we were able to offer five selected works by the German Impressionist Kurt Kühn for the first time. We are all the more delighted to be able to present further works by this forgotten Impressionist, on the one hand in our upcoming spring auction, and on the other hand in a specially compiled ONLINE-ONLY auction. From 10 - 22 May 2023, numerous paintings, watercolours and drawings by Kurt Kühn can be acquired here with just one click. His ouvre, which comprises around 600 oil paintings, watercolours and drawings, is influenced by French Impressionism. Kühn studied at renowned art academies and learned from the pioneering artists of his time. His international sojourns, especially in northern Africa, left their mark on his work, which is distinguished by a veritable wealth of facets. The so-called "African years" are among the most artistically formative of his career. From then on, he fused the Exotic with the Impressionistic. He felt committed to the Impressionist style and remained true to it throughout his life. The dazzling and invigorating colours can be found in almost every work. Due to his absence from Germany for almost 10 years, which was caused by a war captivity, he lost a large number of valuable paintings, large parts of his parents' fortune, and finally also his reputation as an aspiring artist. After the destruction of his studio in Düsseldorf by a bomb and further attempts to resocialise himself artistically, Kühn retired to Bavaria and spent the last 14 years of his life in Wagingen am See. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the artist's heirs for the wonderful cooperation and their trust in our house. Explanations to the Catalogue
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Nov. 17, 2022
Kurt Kühn: Das gelbe Mädchen
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: "Das gelbe Mädchen". Nudes in the open air. Verso depiction of a beach scene. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 65 x 59,5cm. Notation: Signed lower right: 44 / K. Kühn. Verso: On the stretcher original estate label with the number 393. Provenance: From the artist's estate. Explanations to the Catalogue
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Nov. 17, 2022
Kurt Kühn: Self-Portrait of the 48-Year-Old Artist
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: Self-Portrait of the 48-Year-Old Artist. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 60 x 45,5cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower right: 28 / K. Kühn. Frame: Framed. Verso: On the canvas estate label with no. 22 as well as label from Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau. Provenance: From the artist's estate. Explanations to the Catalogue
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Nov. 17, 2022
Kurt Kühn: Summer Day in the Artist's Garden in Waging
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: Summer Day in the Artist's Garden in Waging. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 54,5 x 61,5cm. Frame: Framed. Verso: On the stretcher estate label with no. 327. Provenance: From the artist's estate. Explanations to the Catalogue
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Nov. 17, 2022
Kurt Kühn: Apple Tree Branch
Est: €300 - €600
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: Apple Tree Branch. Date: 1946. Technique: Watercolour on paper. Measurement: 26 x 38cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower right: "K. Kühn 46". Provenance: From the artist's estate. Explanations to the Catalogue
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Nov. 17, 2022
Kurt Kühn: Self-Portrait
Est: €500 - €800
KÜHN, KURT 1880 Dresden - 1957 Waging am See Title: Self-Portrait. Date: 1903 (?). Technique: Oil on card. Measurement: 51 x 33cm. Notation: Dated (?) lower left in the painting: "VIII 03". Verso: Draft of a self-portrait (?) Provenance: From the artist's estate. Art history has always lived on rediscoveries. In the Renaissance, antiquity was rediscovered; in Classicism, the Renaissance; and Historicism drew all its artistic creativity from the past. Again and again, new figures who had fallen into oblivion for various reasons came to the fore. This privilege and claim is also reserved for Fine Art. One of our rediscoveries in the present catalogue is the German impressionist Kurt Kühn. Born in Dresden in 1880, his passion for art drew him first to the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, then to the Academy in Munich. He studied with great artists such as Eugen Bracht, who was to become an important teacher. He maintained close contact with the artist group "Scholle", lived and worked in Paris and finally found his stylistic home there. At the turn of the century, Paris was undergoing a major artistic upheaval - it was a place where various movements and ideas were developing at the same time. The young Kühn was also aware of this dynamic. Unlike most of his colleagues, he remained faithfully committed to Impressionism. His oeuvre nevertheless clearly shows new influences through Cézanne and Fauves. In the 1910s Kühn exhibited his portraits, still lifes and landscapes mainly at the Paris "Salon d'Automne" and the "Salon des Indépendants". The decision to travel to the north of Africa had serious biographical consequences for him: At the beginning of the First World War, Kühn was taken prisoner in France, from which he was only able to free himself in 1919. Due to the almost 10-year absence in Germany, he lost a large number of valuable paintings, large parts of his parents' fortune, and finally also his reputation as an aspiring artist. Artistically, the so-called "Africa years" are among the most formative of his career. Boldly, he fused Orientalism with Impressionism. He seemed to have difficulty recovering from the consequences of the war and his imprisonment. In 1927 he moved to Düsseldorf - probably to make a new artistic start. In 1943, his studio and flat were completely destroyed. Kühn withdrew and spent the last 14 years of his life in Wagingen am See in Upper Bavaria. His estate comprises around 600 oil paintings, watercolours and drawings, all of which are influenced by French Impressionism. We are pleased to present five selected works by the artist at our autumn auction on 17 November 2022. The selected works demonstrate the scope of the artistic dimensions in which Kühn found himself and worked. They present the great "palette" of his artistic "know-how" and the many facets of the Impressionist. "Unlike Max Liebermann, Max Slevogt or Lovis Corinth, who stand for a specific German Impressionism, Kurt Kühn is the unique case of a German representative of French Impressionism." (Mayer, Heike: Kurt Kühn 1880-1957. Ein unbekannter Impressionist. Waging 1999). Explanations to the Catalogue
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Nov. 29, 2014
Kühn, Kurt: Bauern bei der Ernte
Est: €200 - €300
Bauern bei der Ernte Öl auf Karton. 1931. Ca. 32,5 x 25 cm. Unten links mit Pinsel in Schwarz signiert und datiert. Kurt Kühn studierte zunächst ab etwa 1899 in Dresden, ab 1902 an der Akademie in München und 1905 an der Académie Julian in Paris. Er verbrachte mehrere Studienreisen in Italien, ließ sich schließlich in München nieder, wo er in der Umgebung in Holzhausen gemeinsam mit Künstlerfreunden Atelier- und Sommerhäuser erbaute. Er gehörte zur Richtung des "Orientalismus", einer Kunstströmung, die im 19. Jahrhundert sehr erfolgreich war, jedoch heute fast vergessen ist. Unser Bild entstand vermutlich in Düsseldorf, wo er von 1927 bis 1943 lebte.
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