Artist

Karl Knaths

born Eau Claire, WI 1891-died Hyannis, MA 1971
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Karl Knaths, 1930, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0020780
Also known as
  • Otto Karl Knaths
Born
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
Died
Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States
Active in
  • Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States
Biography

Painter. Knaths applied his system of color theory to his abstract landscapes and scenic depictions, which were highly Cubist in style. He was a favorite of patron Duncan Phillips (Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.), who purchased the first painting that Knaths sold (1926) as well as many subsequent works.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (20 items)

Mabel Dwight, Convent, Staten Island, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1981.48.3
Convent, Staten Island
lithograph
Not on view
Mabel Dwight, Farmyard, ca. 1930-1939, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1966.64.17
Farmyard
Dateca. 1930-1939
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Mabel Dwight, Aquarium (Alligators-NY Aquarium), 1928, hand-colored lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1975.3.3
Aquarium (Alligators-NY Aquarium)
Date1928
hand-colored lithograph on paper
Not on view