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Mort Künstler
Born in 1931, Mort Künstler studied art at Brooklyn College, UCLA, and the Pratt Institute. After he left school, he became a successful illustrator in New York, freelancing for book and magazine publishers, culminating in a long-term affiliation with National Geographic Magazine. It was through their assignments of historical subjects that Künstler learned the value of intensive research and collaboration with historians, leading to a well-earned reputation for accuracy and detail.
No other artist has ever recorded so many events in the history of America, and certainly no one has done them with such extraordinary authenticity and drama as Mort Künstler. From the Revolutionary War and Western or Native American subjects to his current recognition as the premier artist of the Civil War, he is considered America’s reigning dean of historical artists.
Mort Künstler has had exhibitions in numerous galleries and museums throughout the United States, including the Gettysburg National Battlefield, New York's Nassau County Museum of Art, the North Carolina Museum of History and the inaugural painting exhibition at the new National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, PA. Many books of his work have been published in collaboration with famous historians such as Henry Steele Commager, Pulitzer prize winner James McPherson, James I. Robertson, Jr., and others. His paintings are widely represented in the permanent collections of museums, as well as in private and public collections throughout the United States.