Peter Petrovich Konchalovsky (1876 - 1956)

Artist, studied in Paris and St. Petersburg. Member of the USSR Academy of Arts.  Family links:  Spouse:  Olga Vasilievna Surikova Konchalovskaya (1878 – 1958)*  Children:  Natalia Petrovna Konchalovskaya (1903 – 1988)* *Calculated relationship

Suiun Komuro (1970 - 1970)

Japanese-style painter. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Käthe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945)

Artist. Graphic artist and sculptor.  Family links:  Spouse:  Karl Kollwitz (1863 – 1940)*  Children:  Peter Kollwitz (1895 – 1914)* *Calculated relationship

Augustus Kollner (1812 - 1906)

German-American Artist. Born Augustus Theodore Frederick Adam Kollner, he was a native of Wurttemberg and he demonstrated artistic aptitude from a young age. At age sixteen he was already employed as an engraver by the Stuttgart printer Carl Ebner. For a time he worked in Paris, and then left for America in 1839 where he […]

Oskar Kokoschka (1886 - 1980)

Artist. Celebrated Austrian-born painter. As one of the leaders of the expressionist movement, he was vilified by the Nazis and went into exile in Switzerland.  Family links:  Spouse:  Oldriska Palkovská Kokoschka (1915 – 2004)* *Calculated relationship

Zenzaburo Kojima (1970 - 1970)

Famous Western-style painter. Many of his works are on display at the Ohtani Memorial Gallery in Nishinomiya city. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Pierre Francis Koenig (1925 - 2004)

American Architect. Koenig, whose sleek glass-and-steel houses became emblems of the progressive values of Postwar suburbia, was part of a group of architects that also included Charles and Ray Eames, Raphael Soriano and Craig Ellwood, who helped make southern California one of the great laboratories of 20th century architecture. After returning from a four-year stint […]

Robert Koehler (1850 - 1917)

Painter. Was the first Wisconsin artist to interject social questions into his artwork. Known for his paintings of “Holiday Occupation; Her Only Support,” “The Socialist,” and “The Strike.” (bio by: Laurie)

Tomoto Kobori (1864 - 1931)

Japanese-style painter. Also known as “Tsurunoya Kobori Tomoto,” he is a famous Japanese style painter of the Meiji Era. Many of his works are in the holdings of Kokugakuin High School Library, Tokyo. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Gustav Klutsis (1895 - 1938)

Artist. A leader of the early Soviet avant-garde, associated with the Constructivist movement. He is best known for his political posters, which made pioneering use of photo montage. While their propaganda content is now terribly dated, Klutsis’ dynamic pictoral sense and imaginative juxtapositions raise his images to the level of art. He often combined photographs […]

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856 - 1942)

Painter. A native of San Francisco,   Klumpke was handicapped at a young age after being injured in two separate falls. In 1877 she moved with her family to Paris,  where she studied at the Académie Julian art school.  She presented her first painting publicly at the 1884 Paris Salon, which won the Grand Prize. […]

Kenneth L. Kling (1895 - 1970)

Cartoonist.  He was the artist of the newspaper strip ‘Joe and Asbestos’, about horse racing. The strip earned Ken quite a living, because newspapers were paying Bell Syndicate a fortune to get the exclusive rights to publish the strip in a region. The readers thought Ken was giving handy racing tips in his cartoon, but […]

Franz Kline (1909 - 1962)

Artist. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Kline studied art in London before settling in New York in 1939. His early work was figurative, social realism with cubist overtones. During the 1950’s, Kline developed his unique vocabulary of gestural brushstrokes and became associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement. He taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, […]

Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918)

Artist. An Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement, he is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d’art with a focus on the female body. Born the second of seven children, his father was a gold engraver. He attended the Vienna School of Arts […]

Ruth Kligman (1930 - 2010)

Artist. Though a significant abstract painter in her own right, she is perhaps better remembered as the lover and muse of several notables of the genre. Raised in northern New Jersey, she was attracted to the art world at age seven by reading a book on Beethoven. In 1956 she began a romance with painter […]

Federico Jorge Klemm (1942 - 2002)

Artist. A polemic personality, well known for his flamboyant style, in 1995 established the Klemm Foundation. (bio by: 380W)

Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)

Artist. His father Hans was a music teacher, and young Paul originally wanted to follow in his footsteps and to become a musician too. However, when he was a teenager he decided he wanted to pursue a career in the visual arts instead of the musical arts. He received his training at the Academy of […]

Mati Klarwein (1932 - 2002)

Painter. He was born in Hamburg, Germany. During World War II, his family fled to Palestine and later to Paris, where he studied with Anton Fuchs and Fernand Leger. Klarwein won international success when his painting “Annunciation” was used by Santana for the cover image of their second album, “Abraxas” (1970). Klarwein then designed the […]

Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885 - 1972)

Painter. Considered one of the outstanding Icelandic painters,  his most important works portray the nature of his country. After working as a sailor in his youth, he came to Denmark to study at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1914 to 1918. The following years he travelled around Scandinavia and Italy before settling in […]

Moise Kisling (1891 - 1953)

Artist. Born in Krakow, Poland, he moved to Paris in 1913, where his friends included Modigliani and Picasso. At the beginning of World War I he joined the French Foreign Legion and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Somme in 1915,  for which he was awarded French citizenship.  Kisling was celebrated for his […]

Ryusei Kishida (1891 - 1929)

Western style painter. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Thomas Kirk (1970 - 1845)

Sculptor. Born in Cork, he studied at the Dublin Society’s Schools where he won prizes in 1797 and 1800 and later worked for Henry Darley the stone-cutter. One of his earliest commissions, which appeared in 1809, was the statue of Nelson for the Pillar in O’Connell Street, Dublin. This monument was destroyed by an explosion […]

John Joshua Kirby (1970 - 1774)

Artist, Author. The son of a land surveyor and topographer, Kirby was a landscape painter who served as President of the Society of Artists, officially known as the Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain, which encouraged the public exhibition of works of art by living artists. His main artistic focus was “linear perspective,” based […]

Jack Kirby (1917 - 1994)

Artist. Legendary and influential comic book artist who co-created the Marvel Comic’s characters “Captain America,” the “Fantastic Four,” the “Hulk,” “Thor,” the “X-Men,” the “Black Panther,” and “Silver Surfer.” (bio by: David E. Brady)

Thomas Kinkade (1958 - 2012)

Artist. Called the “Painter of Light”, he created a large body of popular and best-selling works that often depicted idyllic pastoral themes. Raised in Placerville, California, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley, before transferring to Pasadena’s famed Art Center College of Design. He was to […]

Frank King (1883 - 1969)

Cartoonist. He is remembered for his cartoon strip “Gasoline Alley” which first appeared in November 1918 and continues to run in syndicated newspapers to this day, and is currently is the second longest running comic strip in the US. Born Frank Oscar King, his father was a mechanic and at the age of for, he […]

Leland “Bud” Kilpatrick (1915 - 1993)

Fashion and Costume Designer.  Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a teenager he started working with his mother as a custom clothing designer.  He moved to California in 1955 because he was attracted by the casual, well made fashions there and landed a job working for 20th Century Fox in the costume department. During the 1960s […]

Gertrude Kerbis (1970 - 2016)

Architect. A pioneering figure in American architecture, she achieved national recognition for her distinguishable achievements including the projects, the Dining Hall at the United States Air Force Academy and the Seven Continents Restaurant at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Born Gertrude Mary Lempp, to parents of German and Russian descent, she briefly attended the University of […]

Patrick Charles Keely (1816 - 1896)

Architect, The son of a carpenter he emigrated to the United States when he was 25 years old. Keeley designed over 600 buildings that include The University of Notre Dame Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Saint Francis Xavier in New York New York, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Cleveland Ohio, and Immaculate Conception […]

Louis Kahn (1901 - 1974)

Architect. He was a major 20th century architecture figure whose elegant buildings of cast concrete transformed the International Style of corporate modernism in a spiritual  direction. His first important work was the Yale University Art Gallery (1952 to 1954), completed while he was teaching architecture at Yale, from which he departed in 1957 to become […]