Artists

John Frederick Kensett (March 22, 1816 in Cheshire, Connecticut - December 14, 1872 in New York City) was an American artist and engraver. He attended school at Cheshire Academy, and studied engraving with his immigrant father, Thomas Kensett, and later with his uncle, Alfred Dagget. He worked as engraver in the New Haven area until about 1838,...

Kurz and Allison were a major publisher of chromolithographs in the late 19th century. Based at 267-269 Wabash Avenue in Chicago, they built their reputation on large prints published in the mid-1880s depicting battles of the American Civil War. This was a period of recollection among veterans, and the company was trying to capitalise of this...

Kirchner was born in Vienna in 1876 and later moved to Paris. He drew for La Vie Parisienne together with artists like Mucha, all of whom were greatly influenced by the work of British artist Aubrey Beardsley, who had created an 'art nouveau' style of his own. Mucha went on to concentrate on posters and Kirchner was drawing for postcards by 1901....

William Keith (November 18, 1838 – April 13, 1911) was a Scottish-American painter famous for his California landscapes. Early life Keith was born in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and emigrated to the United States in 1850. He lived in New York City, and became an apprentice wood engraver in 1856. He first traveled to the American West...