Artists

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Kurz & Allison Art Publishersnotes
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 - 1890Anonymous11/05/2012
Kilburn, Lawrence 1720 - 1775Anonymous04/10/2012
King, Samuel 1748 - 1819Anonymous04/30/2012
Kemmelmeyer, Fredericknotes
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 - 1821Anonymous05/17/2012
King, Charles Birdnotes
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 - 1862Anonymous05/17/2012
Krimmel, John Lewisnotes
  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 -  1821Anonymous04/03/2012
Kidder, James 1793 - 1837Anonymous05/17/2012
Koch, Johann Carl 1806 - 1900Anonymous05/17/2012
Kidd, Joseph Bartholomewnotes
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 - 1889Anonymous04/21/2012
Kaufmann, Theodornotes
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 -  1896Anonymous10/14/2012
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