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From childhood onwards Robert Kuven was fond of drawing, but his parents considered a career as an artist as risky. Initially he trained as an architect at the Ecole Nationale Technique d’Architecture de Strasbourg and then worked as an architect until 1926. He continued to draw and paint and made copies of great masters.
He taught in Strasbourg until the War in 1939. In 1945 he returned and taught at the Lycée Kléber. In 1975, at the age of 74, he went travelling in Norway and the Nordic countries.
Personal life
In 1932 he married Madeleine Simon. They had a daughter, Elisabeth. After a short illness, Robert Kuven died 23 April 1983. He is buried in the West Cemetery in Strasbourg.
Honours
The Square Robert Kuven in Strasbourg is named in his honour.
Book illustrations
Kuven, Robert (1935). Der Kreuzweg Christi. Bilder Von Küven, Robert. Begleitworte: Schwester Maria.
Kuven, Robert (1949). Vues d'Alsace. Lithographies originales coloriées à la main.
Lefftz, Joseph; Kuven, Robert (1954). Die Brunnen im Elsass.
Barth, Médard; Kuven, Robert; Solveen, Henri (1958). Der Rebbau des Elsass und die Absatzgebiete seiner Weine : ein geschichtlicher Durchblick.
Redslob, Robert; Kuven, Robert (1962). Ce que raconte l'Alsace.
Straub, Karl Willy (1966). Erinnerungen an das Elsaß. Ein Zeitdokument (Mit einem Geleitwort von Paul Bertololy und acht Handzeichnungen von Robert Küven).
Sättele, Karl (1968). Schnurren und seltsame Käuze vom Bodensee Mit Federzeichnungen von Robert Küven.
Kuven, Robert (1970). Mont Sainte Odile. Aquarelles de R. Kuven, Strasbourg.
Matzen, Raymond; Kuven, Robert (1976). Récits légendaires d'Alsace.
Matzen, Raymond; Kuven, Robert (1977). Lithographies d'Alsace : méditations poétiques d'un aquarelliste alsacien, gerbes de poésies du Terroir.
