Silva Barunaki Kaputikyan (1919 - 2006)

Poet, writer. Her first collection of poems was published in 1944, and she became a leader in the “new literature” movement of Armenian poetry, depicting the life of Armenian women and survivors of the genocide. Once married to fellow poet Hovhannes Shiraz, their marriage ended in divorce due to the clash of their two titanic […]

Gil Kane (1926 - 2000)

Innovative comc book artist who sketched Green Lantern, The Hulk, Captain Marvel, and Spiderman. Born Eli Katz in Latvia, his family emigrated to NY in 1929 when he was 3 yrs old. Gil broke into the comic field in 1941 as an assistant in the Jack Binder shop erasing pencils and eventually became an inker […]

Gil Kane (1926 - 2000)

Gil Kane Innovative comc book artist who sketched Green Lantern, The Hulk, Captain Marvel, and Spiderman. Born Eli Katz in Latvia, his family emigrated to NY in 1929 when he was 3 yrs old. Gil broke into the comic field in 1941 as an assistant in the Jack Binder shop erasing pencils and eventually became […]

Bob Kane (1915 - 1998)

Cartoonist. Born in New York City, he was a comic book artist and writer, credited as the creator of the DC Comic’s superhero “Batman” character. He was a trainee animator when he entered the comic book field in 1936. Merging with DC Comics action series in 1938, editors were in a scramble for more heroes […]

Bob Kane (1915 - 1998)

Cartoonist. Born in New York City, he was a comic book artist and writer, credited as the creator of the DC Comic’s superhero “Batman” character. He was a trainee animator when he entered the comic book field in 1936. Merging with DC Comics action series in 1938, editors were in a scramble for more heroes […]

Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944)

Russian-born Painter,  Theorist.  He is considered the father of abstract art.  Kandinsky believed that painting should be purely a form of personal expression rather than the depiction of recognizable subjects or ideas.  He compared the medium to music and referred to his works as “compositions”.  The kaleidoscopic bursts of dazzling color seen in his early […]

Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944)

Russian-born Painter,  Theorist.  He is considered the father of abstract art.  Kandinsky believed that painting should be purely a form of personal expression rather than the depiction of recognizable subjects or ideas.  He compared the medium to music and referred to his works as “compositions”.  The kaleidoscopic bursts of dazzling color seen in his early […]

Gerome Kamrowski (1914 - 2004)

Artist. A surrealist painter, his work has been exhibited at New York’s Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. Teaching art at University of Michigan in 1946, becoming professor emeritus in 1984, he kept a studio in New York where he worked during heyday of American […]

Gerome Kamrowski (1914 - 2004)

Artist. A surrealist painter, his work has been exhibited at New York’s Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. Teaching art at University of Michigan in 1946, becoming professor emeritus in 1984, he kept a studio in New York where he worked during heyday of American […]

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 […]

Louis Kahn (1901 - 1974)

Louis Kahn trained at the University of Pennsylvania in a rigorous Beaux-Arts tradition, with its emphasis on drawing. After completing his Bachelor of Architecture in 1924, Kahn worked as senior draftsman in the office of the city architect, John Molitor. He worked on the designs for the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition. In 1928, Kahn made a European […]

Albert Kahn (1869 - 1942)

Industrial Architect. He is remembered for designing a number of historical architectural buildings, and for pioneering the use of concrete construction, which opened up large tracks of interior building space unhampered by support beams.  His basic industrial design style was based on simple construction, use of standard materials, and ease of construction, all of which […]

Albert Kahn (1869 - 1942)

Industrial Architect. He is remembered for designing a number of historical architectural buildings, and for pioneering the use of concrete construction, which opened up large tracks of interior building space unhampered by support beams.  His basic industrial design style was based on simple construction, use of standard materials, and ease of construction, all of which […]

Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)

Founding Artist of the Neomexicanismo movement. Born in Coyoacán, Mexico. A polio survivor, Kahlo entered the premedical program at National Prepatory School, Mexico City, at the age of 15, however, her medical training was halted by a critical bus accident when she was 18. Her convalescence would last a year, and she would face more […]

Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)

Founding Artist of the Neomexicanismo movement. Born in Coyoacán, Mexico. A polio survivor, Kahlo entered the premedical program at National Prepatory School, Mexico City, at the age of 15, however, her medical training was halted by a critical bus accident when she was 18. Her convalescence would last a year, and she would face more […]

Kiyotaka Kaburagi (1878 - 1972)

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

Kiyotaka Kaburagi (1878 - 1972)

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

Ricardo García Lopez K-Hito (1890 - 1984)

Journalist, cartoonist and author. Born in Villanueva del Arzobispo, he worked as a post office employee but he soon started to contribute with the pseudonym of K-Hito to humour publications in Spain and France. In 1927 he founded the magazine of humour “Gutiérrez”, named after one of his characters, where he brought together a number […]

Ricardo García Lopez K-Hito (1890 - 1984)

Journalist, cartoonist and author. Born in Villanueva del Arzobispo, he worked as a post office employee but he soon started to contribute with the pseudonym of K-Hito to humour publications in Spain and France. In 1927 he founded the magazine of humour “Gutiérrez”, named after one of his characters, where he brought together a number […]

Helmi Juvonen (1903 - 1985)

An artist who studied at the Cornish Art Institute in the late 1930s. Popular for her Native American drawings and paintings. Spent her last 25 yrs of life as a ward of the state of Washington, living at the Oakhurst Convalescent Center in Elma, Washington. She is buried next to her mother and sister (Irene […]

Helmi Juvonen (1903 - 1985)

An artist who studied at the Cornish Art Institute in the late 1930s. Popular for her Native American drawings and paintings. Spent her last 25 yrs of life as a ward of the state of Washington, living at the Oakhurst Convalescent Center in Elma, Washington. She is buried next to her mother and sister (Irene […]

Gustave Jundt (1830 - 1884)

Painter.

Gustave Jundt (1830 - 1884)

Painter.

Julio Antonio (1889 - 1919)

Artist. He was born in Mora d’Ebre, Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain. His full name was Julio Antonio Rodríguez Hernández, but was known as Julio Antonio. He was a prodigious sculptor in his short career. He is remembered for his works “Flores Malsanas,” “Los Bustos de la Raza,” “Monumento a los Héroes Desnudos,” “Monumento a Goya,” “Monumento […]

Julio Antonio (1889 - 1919)

Artist. He was born in Mora d’Ebre, Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain. His full name was Julio Antonio Rodríguez Hernández, but was known as Julio Antonio. He was a prodigious sculptor in his short career. He is remembered for his works “Flores Malsanas,” “Los Bustos de la Raza,” “Monumento a los Héroes Desnudos,” “Monumento a Goya,” “Monumento […]

William Lees Judson (1842 - 1928)

Artist. Judson moved to the United States with his parents when he was ten years old. After serving four years with the Illinois volunteers during the American Civil War, he studied art in New York and Paris and settled in London, Ontario, Canada where he became a successful portrait painter and art teacher. In 1893, […]

William Lees Judson (1842 - 1928)

Artist. Judson moved to the United States with his parents when he was ten years old. After serving four years with the Illinois volunteers during the American Civil War, he studied art in New York and Paris and settled in London, Ontario, Canada where he became a successful portrait painter and art teacher. In 1893, […]

Matthew Harris Jouett (1788 - 1827)

Artist. Portrait painter. Attributed painter of 334 portraits and miniatures. Subjects included Marquis de LaFayette, Henry Clay, Gen. George Rogers Clark, Kentucky Governor Isaac Shelby and Virginia Governor James McDowell. His father was Capt. John “Jack” Jouett Jr. who has been called the “Paul Revere of the South,” as he delivered warnings that the British […]

Connie Jost (1951 - 1998)

Artist, Environmentalist. Best known for her witty visual puns, Connie Jost’s art pleaded the case for conservation with whimsical humor and the depiction of natural beauty. Born in rural South Jersey to an artist mother and a carpenter-fisherman father, she earned Art degrees at Montclair State College and Goddard University in Los Angeles in addition […]

Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906)

Painter. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm, and in Paris and the Netherlands. As an ambitious young artist he declared, “I will be Sweden´s Rembrandt, or die”. In 1876 he received a Royal Medal for his painting “Sten Sture d.ä. befriar Drottning Kristina av Danmark”.  For most of his life he suffered […]