Artists
| Name | Info | Years | Updated by | Date
  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King, Charles Bird | 
Charles
Bird King (1785–1862) is a United States artist who is best known for his
portraiture. In particular, the artist is notable for the portraits he painted
of Native American delegates coming to Washington D.C., which were commissioned
by government's Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Biography
Charles
Bird King was born in Newport, Rhode Island... | 1785 - 1862 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Kyle, Joseph | 1815 - 1863 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| Kidder, James | 1793 - 1837 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| Kimberly, James H. | Died 1846 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| Kemmelmeyer, Frederick |
Census
records indicate that Frederick Kemmelmeyer was more
than forty-five years old in 1800, and therefore born sometime prior to 1755,
but no record of his birth has been found. A Frederick Kimmelmeiger
listed in naturalization papers issued at Annapolis, Maryland, on 8 October
1788 is presumed to be the artist. He first advertised in the... | 1755 - 1821 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Kittell, Nicholas Biddle |
Groce and
Wallace listed Nicholas Biddle Kittell as a landscape
as well as a portrait artist. He
first exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1847, giving his address
as Norwich, NY. He continued to
exhibit at the National Academy of Design during the period 1857 to 1891. He exhibited at the Brooklyn Art
Association during the period... | 1822 - 1894 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Koch, Johann Carl | 1806 - 1900 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| Knapp, Charles W. |
Charles
Wilson Knapp was a noted landscape artist of great ability. He was born in Philadelphia in 1823 and
spent most of his life in that city.
He worked primarily in Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, the
Susquehanna River Valley, the area around the Delaware Water Gap, and the
Berkshire Mountains. He especially
enjoyed painting... | 1823 - 1900 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Kendall, William Sergeant |
In Stones
of Venice John Ruskin wrote, "what we want art to do for us is to stay
what is fleeting . . immortalize
the things that have no duration." [1] In large part, that is what has led
Americans to rediscover the art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when artists believed that legitimate art could
be created from the... | 1869 - 1938 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Key, John Ross |
John Ross
Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of the patriotic song The
Star Spangled Banner. He was born
in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1832 and studied art in Munich and Paris. He worked in a number of American cities
including Boston where he showed over 100 works in 1877. Critics praised his work as "firm
and masterly, strong... | 1832 - 1920 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
