Proper nowadays artists - day 29: Mort Künstler

Mort Künstler (USA, 1931)

An aptly named man if ever there was one. He worked making movie posters, magazine illustrations, books etc. and became known as an American history painter, particularly the Civil War. He did work for men’s magazines under the alias ‘Emmett Kaye’ as well.

Illustration by Mort Kunstler for the story Airport Pick-Up in Stag Magazine, March 1967 issue.

The Bloody Angle, Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864