Kurt Winkler b. 1902 Germany

Also known as Kurwin
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century sketcher. One of the Dunera Boys.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Kurt Winkler
Also known as Kurwin
Birth date
1902
Birth place
Germany
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Residence
  • c.1939- c.1940 England
  • c.1902- c.1938 Germany
  • c.1942- c.1945 Internment Camp, Tatura, New South Wales
  • c.1941- c.1942 Internment Camp, Hay, New South Wales
Arrival
  • 1940
Active Period
  • 1941- 1942
Cultural Heritage
  • Jewish
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

sketcher, was a German Dunera internee along with Hirschfeld Mack , Fabian , Max Cohen, et al. He drew, inter alia, Internment Camp, Hay 1941 (pencil, pen & ink and wash, Art Gallery of New South Wales) and Working Party, Tatura 1942 (black ink brush and coloured pencil 18.3 × 27.4 cm, AGNSW, gift of Henry Lippmann, Sydney, 1990). The latter (at least) is signed “Kurwin” – a pseudonym?

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
The Dunera Boys
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack
1893
Artist (Industrial / Product Designer), Artist (Performance Artist), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Erwin Fabian
1915
Artist (Sculptor), Designer (Industrial / Product Designer), Artist (Printmaker), Designer (Graphic Designer)
associate of
Max Cohen
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Collections
Citations:
  • Pearl, Cyril, (1983), The Dunera Scandal: deported by mistake, (Place: Sydney, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson)