Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith, William | 
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... | 1838 - 1911 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kennedy, David Johnson | 1816 - 1898 | Anonymous | 05/02/2012 | |
| Kensett, John Frederick |
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,... | 1816 - 1872 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |
| Kyle, Joseph | 1815 - 1863 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Koch, Johann Carl | 1806 - 1900 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
