13 Facts About Walt Kuhn

Walter Francis Kuhn was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism.

In 1899, Walt Kuhn set out for California with sixty dollars in his pocket.

In 1901, at the age of twenty-four, Walt Kuhn left for Paris.

Walt Kuhn went on sketching trips in the Netherlands and toured the museums of Venice.

Walt Kuhn counted a number of cartoonists and illustrators among his friends, including Gus Mager and Pop Hart.

In 1909, Walt Kuhn had his first solo exhibition in New York.

Walt Kuhn acted as the executive secretary and was delegated as one of the men to find European artists to participate.

Walt Kuhn visited the International Art Exhibition of the Federation of West German Art-Lovers in Cologne and was inspired by it for the organisation of the Armory Show of 1913, which displayed both European and American modernist art, resulted in both an historic controversy and a long-range triumph.

Walt Kuhn exhibited with the Whitney Studio Club and became a much-appreciated artist at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Walt Kuhn completed a commission for the Union Pacific Railroad, the club car "The Little Nugget" LA-701, currently under restoration at the Travel Town Museum in Los Angeles, California.

Walt Kuhn became increasingly irascible and distant from old friends.

Walt Kuhn is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.

Walt Kuhn is best remembered today for his key role in planning the Armory Show.