Full Name: Kurth, Willy
Gender: male
Date Born: 1881
Date Died: unknown
Home Country/ies: Germany
Subject Area(s): graphic arts
Career(s): curators
Overview
Progressive curator of the Berlin graphics division (Kupferstichkabinett) at the Berlin Museums. Kurth served in the prints department under the director, Friedrich Winkler. His area was modernist graphics. At a time when the Nazi’s were attacking modern art, Kurth bought prints by some of their biggest targets, such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, for the collection. (wife, Bettina Kris)
Selected Bibliography
0.Metzler