Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle, Joseph | 1815 - 1863 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| 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 |
| Kennedy, David Johnson | 1816 - 1898 | Anonymous | 05/02/2012 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Knight, Daniel Ridgway |
Daniel
Ridgway Knight's works represent so many aspects of Nineteenth Century
painting, including history, genre, landscape, portrait, and floral themes. In
each work, all that is aesthetic is recorded with fine detail and skill.
In order to
faithfully record the scenery, Knight studied the different phases of the day
and their effects on the... | 1839 - 1924 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Kimberly, James H. | Died 1846 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 | |
| Koehler, Robert |
Robert
Koehler (November 28, 1850 - April 23, 1917) was a German-born painter and art
teacher who spent most of his career in the United States of America.
Biography
Koehler was
born in Hamburg; his family spelled their name Köhler until they moved to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1854. There he attended the historic German-English
Academy. He... | 1850 - 1917 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
