# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-seligmann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:31.459Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-seligmann"
name: "Kurt Seligmann"
slug: "kurt-seligmann"
description: "Kurt Leopold Seligmann was a Swiss-American Surrealist painter, engraver, and occultist. He was known for his fantastic imagery of medieval troubadors and knights in macabre rituals and inspired by the carnival held annually in his native Basel, Switzerland. He was extremely influential within the Surrealist movement in Paris and particularly in the United States."
tagline: "Swiss artist (1900-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurt_Seligmann_Italian_museum_passport_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1900-07-20"
deathDate: "1962-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.24
  momentum:             6.774193548387096
  historical:           8.552449333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3549991/"
    handle:    "nm3549991"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "كيرت سيليجمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Курт Зелігман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Seligmann"
    title: "Kurt Seligmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Seligmann_(K%C3%BCnstler)"
    title: "Kurt Seligmann (Künstler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Seligmann"
    title: "Kurt Seligmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Seligmann"
    title: "Kurt Seligmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Seligmann"
    title: "Kurt Seligmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Seligmann"
    title: "Kurt Seligmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Зелигман, Курт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump