Artist

Kuthan, George

Title

Untitled

Technique

linocut

Dimensions

21.0cm height x 14.0cm width

Type

print

Accession Number

2023.14.23

Owner

City of Burnaby

Collection

Permanent Collection

Gift of Alan and Elizabeth Bell

Georges Kuthan was born in Klatovy, Czechoslovakia. His studies as a medical student at the University of Prague were interrupted by the Nazi occupation in 1939. As a result, he turned his attention to art, studying at Prague’s School of Decorative Arts. He graduated six years later, in 1947. That same year he left for Paris on a scholarship to study graphic art, printmaking and painting. He made the decision to emigrate to Canada in 1950, first landing in Saskatchewan and then relocating to Vancouver within the year. Kuthan taught printmaking at UBC, and actively used etching, wood-engraving, and lino-cutting in his own work on books, magazines, brochures and Christmas cards. Right up until his death in August of 1966, the artist provided illustrations for the quarterly magazine, Canadian Literature. Solo shows: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (1959) Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC Selected Collections: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC University of British Columbia, Vancouver The Feckless Collection, Vancouver, BC