John Kurtz Purple Cat

John Kurtz Purple Cat Art Busy Beaver Button Museum
Category
Art
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Sub Categories
Cats
Animals
Image Description

Purple cat with red and yellow features hand-painted in relief
Back Paper / Back Info

JAK '23
Back Style
Brass locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 inch
Year / Decade Made
2020s
2023
Additional Information

In 1961 John A. Kurtz received a scholarship to attend the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. After a stint in the Navy and an early career in photography, he turned to painting in 1968 and has continued since. Influences include comics such as George Herriman’s Krazy Kat and Walt Kelly’s Pogo, and Mad Magazine artists Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Basil Wolverton. His colorful art continues to be displayed in galleries around Chicago.
Sources

Hagan, Anthony. (2017, April 29). Aliens, clowns, birds and some sort of Skull with John A Kurtz. Style No Chaser. Retrieved from https://stylenochaser.com/aliens-clowns-birds-and-some-sort-of-skull-with-john-a-kurtz-style-no-chaser/
Catalog ID AR0491