Karl Knaths was an American artist whose personal approach
to the Cubist aesthetic led him to create paintings which, while abstract,
contained readily identifiable subjects.
In addition to the Cubist painters, his work shows influence
by Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Paul Klee, Stuart Davis,
and Agnes Weinrich. It is nonetheless, in use of heavy line, rendering of
depth, disciplined treatment of color, and architecture of planes, distinctly
his own.
Throughout his career Knaths drew inspiration from the
natural environment in which he lived. The images he made of his everyday world
include many still lifes and room interiors as well as outdoor paintings of
local fishermen and clam diggers, wild and domesticated animals, and Cape Cod
marine life. His choice of subjects was generally consistent while his
treatment of them varied in degree of abstraction.
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Wikipedia tells us: “Balding in middle life, he wore a beret
most of the time”.
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