Biography
Walter Quirt
American artist Walter Quirt worked in New York throughout the 1930’s and 40’s and was a professor at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis until his death in 1968. His work is an important conduit between pre and post-war American art. He worked in muralist division of the WPA and collaborated with Jackson Pollack, Stuart Davis and Romare Bearden. His work fell into relative obscurity after his death in 1968 and was rediscovered in 2015. His work can be found in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art NY, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of Modern Art NY, Smithsonian American Art Museum DC, The deYoung San Francisco and
