Artists
Name | Info | Years
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Kurz & Allison Art Publishers | ![]() 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... | Active ca. 1888 - 1890 | Anonymous | 11/05/2012 |
Kilburn, Lawrence | 1720 - 1775 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 | |
King, Samuel | 1748 - 1819 | Anonymous | 04/30/2012 | |
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 |
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 |
Krimmel, John Lewis | ![]()
John Lewis Krimmel (May 30, 1786-July 15, 1821), sometimes called "the American Hogarth" was America's first painter of genre scenes. Born in Germany, he emigrated to Philadelphia in 1809 and soon became a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Initially influenced by Scotland's David Wilkie, England's William Hogarth and America's... | 1787 - 1821 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |
Kidder, James | 1793 - 1837 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
Koch, Johann Carl | 1806 - 1900 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
Kidd, Joseph Bartholomew | ![]()
Kidd was
born in 1808, perhaps in Edinburgh. Nothing is known of his parentage or
education, but he became a pupil of the Reverend John Thomson of Duddingston. He was a founder Associate of the Royal
Scottish Academy in 1826 and was elected a full Academician in 1829. In 1830 he
was commissioned by John James Audubon to paint copies of one hundred... | 1808 - 1889 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
Kaufmann, Theodor | ![]()
Theodore Kaufmann (December 18, 1814 Uelzen, Germany - 1896 New York City) was an artist who worked mostly in the United States.
Biography
He served for several years as a mercantile apprentice. He studied painting in Düsseldorf with Peter von Cornelius, in Munich with Wilhelm von Kaulbach,[1] and also in Hamburg and Dresden. He took part in the... | 1814 - 1896 | Anonymous | 10/14/2012 |