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 (12 items)

Karl Knaths, Geranium at Night Window, 1932, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1981.182
Geranium at Night Window
Date1932
color woodcut on paper
Not on view
Karl Knaths, The Gale at Force Hollow, 1946, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Otto L. Spaeth, 1977.83
The Gale at Force Hollow
Date1946
oil on canvas
Not on view
Karl Knaths, Angels Dance 1970, 1970, color lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1970.254
Angels Dance 1970
Date1970
color lithograph
Not on view
Karl Knaths, Play of Planes, ca. 1930-1945, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Emil J. Arnold, 1967.56.22
Play of Planes
Dateca. 1930-1945
oil on canvas
Not on view