Morton Künstler 1927 - 2025
Our 97-year-old artist, father, friend, and colleague passed away on February 2, 2025. He had a prolific life and career, yet happily said many times “I never worked a day in my life!” He is missed by all who were lucky to have known him and his paintings.
We greatly appreciate the outpouring of condolence messages and notes. Thank you.
Our store is OPEN
Our inventory is full of prints and books
that were previously signed by Mort.
Signed giclées are more limited; please contact us at info@mortkunstler.com if you are
looking for a specific giclée title and do not see it available on our website.
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History in Photos
1992
On the night of November 16, 1992, Hammer Galleries in New York City celebrated the preview opening of the Mort Künstler exhibition, “Images of the Civil War.” It also coincided with the release of Künstler’s new book by the same title. Present at the opening was historian Rod Gragg, author of the book Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher. Rod Gragg and Mort Künstler pose in front of the painting, “The Gunner and the Colonel,” which portrays the Battle of Fort Fisher. The painting would later become the cover for the paperback edition!
Mort Künstler is second to none in his portrayal of battle, whether it is the carnage at Antietam’s bloody Lane or history’s first clash of ironclad warships. And he is unequaled in pictorial descriptions of the marching, the waiting, the maneuvering. Künstler is also unsurpassed in his portrayal of winter scenes, with the shimmering blue-white of snow at dusk casting a half light of eerie beauty.
Prof. James M. McPherson
Author, Battle Cry of Freedom