Editing Tony Curtis (section)

===Painter===
Throughout his life, Curtis enjoyed painting and, beginning in the early 1980s, painted as a second career. In the last years of his life, he concentrated on painting rather than movies. A [[surrealist]], Curtis claimed [[Vincent van Gogh|Van Gogh]], [[Henri Matisse|Matisse]], [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]], and [[René Magritte|Magritte]] as influences.<ref name="tcmcurtis"/> "I still make movies but I'm not that interested in them any more. But I paint all the time." In 2007, his painting ''The Red Table'' was on display in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York City. His paintings can also be seen at the Tony Vanderploeg Gallery in [[Carmel, California]].

Curtis spoke of his disappointment at never being awarded an [[Academy Award|Oscar]]. In March 2006, Curtis received the [[Empire Awards|Sony Ericsson Empire Lifetime Achievement Award]]. He also has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] inducted in 1960, and received the ''[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]'' from France in 1995.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Curtis |first1=Tony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0sFjFxhoGIC&dq=Tony+Curtis+Ordre+des+Arts+et+des+Lettres&pg=PR15 |title=American Prince: A Memoir |last2=Golenbock |first2=Peter |date=October 14, 2008 |publisher=Crown |isbn=978-0-307-44946-7 |language=en}}</ref>