Kisho Kurokawa (1934 - 2007)

Architect. Born in Nagoya, Japan,  he initially studied architecture at Kyoto University and went on to earn a master’s degree in 1959 from the University of Tokyo,  and a PhD in 1964. He was a co-founder of the Metabolist Movement, a school advocating organic, renewable architecture that could evolve through the addition of clip-on modular […]

Naohiko Kumagai (1970 - 1970)

Artist and painter. “Waterfall” is one of his better known works. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842 - 1910)

Innovative Russian artist who foreshadowed impressionism.

Walt Kuhn (1880 - 1949)

Artist. Well known for his works “The Blue Clown,” “The White Clown,” and “Juggler.” He also wrote and produced the motion picture “Walt Kuhn’s Adventure in Art.” (bio by: Laurie)

Marie Triepcke Kröyer (1867 - 1940)

Noted Artist. Marie Triepcke grew up in Denmark. She wanted to be a painter and studied at art school. In 1889 she married Severin Kröyer. Severin Kröyer was a famous painter with a large circle of friends and wanted to live in grand style. He and Marie spent the winters in Copenhagen and the summers […]

Christian Krohg (1852 - 1925)

Painter,  Author.  He is probably best-known for his seascapes,  which he depicted from unusual angles. His novel “Albertine” (1886) caused such a scandal with its sexual suggestiveness that it was confiscated by the police.  Educated in Germany and later in Paris, Krohg was also a journalist for the Oslo-based newspaper “Verdens Gang” from 1890 to […]

Cornelius Krieghoff (1815 - 1872)

Artist. A well-known painter of oil landscapes, Krieghoff was born in Dusseldorf, Germany. He began to travel as a young man and took part in the Seminole Wars in Florida as a member of the United States Army. Krieghoff was later commissioned by the War Department to make paintings from many sketches done in those […]

Lee Krasner (1908 - 1984)

Lee Krasner is identified as an abstract expressionist due to her abstract, gestural, and expressive works. She worked in painting, collage painting, charcoal drawing, and occasionally mosaics. She would often cut apart her own drawings and paintings to create her collage paintings. She also commonly revised or completely destroyed an entire series of works due […]

Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky (1753 - 1802)

Artist. A sculptor, according to his tomb “the rival of Phidias, the Russian Buonarotti”.  Note: Former burial location.

Alberto Korda (1928 - 2001)

Photographer. Born in Havana, Cuba under the name of Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, it was during a memorial service in Havana on May 5, 1960 that he took a picture of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. That picture became monumentally famous, even being deemed by the Maryland Institute of Art as “the most famous image of the 20th […]

Sergei Timofeevich Konenkov (1874 - 1971)

Sculptor. Born the son of poor Russian peasants, he became one of Soviet Union’s most respected and versatile artists. He attended the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, before attending the St. Petersburg Academy of Art. Graduating in 1897, his artwork combined elements of modernism, realism and symbolism, and was featured widely throughout Western […]

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 […]