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Is the art world finally ready to celebrate Diana Kurz?

JL;DR SUMMARY Diana Kurz, an eminent painter in her late 80s, is finally receiving overdue recognition for her contributions to the art world, particularly her profound Holocaust-themed works. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ViennaHolocaust ArtAbstract ExpressionismWomen ArtistsNew York Art SceneCultural LegacyHistorical RecognitionColor TheoryDiana KurzFigurative Painting

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Ardsley, New York, United States
"Motorists on the New York State Thruway can now see The Hudson River Downtown, Triptych, her large landscape reproduced as a permanent installation at the Ardsley Service Plaza, the first stop outside Manhattan."
New York, United States
"Diana has been part of New Yorks art culture since the early 1960s, said Douglas Gold, co-founder of Lincoln Glenn, which focuses on artists who worked in New York between 1940 and 1980."
Kew Gardens, New York, United States
"When Kurz was growing up in Kew Gardens, Queens, in the 1940s and 50s, she was aware of family  whod perished in the concentration camps, but she also wanted to be an ordinary American and fit in."
Vienna, Austria
"Last April, the 89-year-old, Viennese-born New York artist had a solo show of her abstract paintings, Diana Kurz: A Journey of Discovery, at the Lincoln Glenn Gallery in Chelsea."
Vienna, Austria
"In 1998, the Bezirksmuseum Josefstadt in Vienna showed the Remembrance series in total as it existed then."
Paraguay
"The US State Department recently chose two of Kurzs still-life paintings for the US Embassy in Paraguay."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"Yet she persisted, and in 1966 won a Fulbright to Paris, where she was mentored by painter and art theorist Jean Hlion."

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