Artist
Kirsten Kraa
American, 1941–2020
Kirsten Kraa was an American Abstract Expressionism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Kirsten Kraa was born in Munich.
Kirsten Walja Kraa was a German-born American painter and art educator whose work combined stylized figurative imagery with bold graphic compositions. Best known for her recurring “Everyman” or “pumpkin-head” figure, she exhibited professionally for six decades in New York, New Jersey, and nationally. Her paintings are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Connecticut.
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