10 Facts About Katharine Kuh

Katharine Kuh was an art historian, curator, critic, and dealer from Chicago, Illinois.

Katharine Kuh was the first woman curator of European art and sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Katharine Kuh was the youngest daughter of Olga Weiner and Morris Woolf, a silk importer.

Katharine Kuh contracted polio while traveling through Europe in 1914, and spent the next ten years in a body brace.

In November 1935, following the dissolution of her marriage, Katharine Kuh opened The Katherine Katharine Kuh Gallery in Chicago.

The modern art that Katharine Kuh chose to exhibit was not enjoyed by all, however.

Katharine Kuh's gallery became a focus of the group Society for Sanity in Art whose mission was to stamp out modern art to protect civilization.

In 1954, Katharine Kuh became the museum's first Curator of Modern Painting and Sculpture, a position that she held until 1959.

The Art Institute was responsible for organizing the American exhibition, and Katharine Kuh selected works by a variety of artists including Jacob Lawrence, John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Tobey.

Katharine Kuh authored several books, including Art Has Many Faces, The Artist's Voice, Break-Up: The Core of Modern Art, and The Open Eye: In Pursuit of Art.