Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 412 pages of information about Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D..

Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 412 pages of information about Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D..

In 1784 Angelica Kauffman painted “Servius Tullius as a Child” for the Czar of Russia; in 1786 “Hermann and Thusnelda” and “The Funeral of Pallas” for Joseph II.  These are now in the Vienna Gallery.  Three pictures, “Virgil Reading the Aeneid to the Empress Octavia,” “Augustus Reading Verses on the Death of Marcellus,” and “Achilles Discovered by Ulysses, in Female Attire,” were painted for Catherine II. of Russia.  “Religion Surrounded by Virtues,” 1798, is in the National Gallery, London.  A “Madonna” and a “Scene from the Songs of Ossian” are in the Aschaffenburg Gallery.  A “Madonna in Glory” and the “Women of Samaria,” 1799, are in the New Pinakothek, Munich, where is also the portrait of Louis I. of Bavaria, as Crown Prince, 1805.  The “Farewell of Abelard and Heloise,” together with other works of this artist, are in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.  A “Holy Family,” and others, in the Museo Civico, Venice.  “Prudence Warning Virtue against Folly,” in the Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia.  Portraits of Winckelmann in the Staedel Institute, Frankfort, and in the Zuerich Gallery.  Portrait of a Lady, Stuttgart Museum; the Duchess of Brunswick, Hampton Court Palace; the architect Novosielski, National Gallery, Edinburgh.  In addition to the portraits of herself mentioned above, there are others in Berlin Museum, the Old Pinakothek, Munich, the Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, and in the Philadelphia Academy.

KAULA, MRS. LEE LUFKIN. Member of the Woman’s Art Club, New York.  Born in Erie, Pennsylvania.  Pupil in New York of Charles Melville Dewey and the Metropolitan Art Schools; in Paris, during three years, pupil of Girardot, Courtois, the Colarossi Academy, and of Aman-Jean.

Mrs. Kaula is essentially a portrait painter, although she occasionally paints figure subjects.  Her portraits are in private hands in various cities, and her works have been exhibited in Paris, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, etc.  She paints in both oil and water-colors.

KAYSER, EBBA. Medals in Vienna, Dresden, and Cologne for landscapes and flower pieces.  Born in Stockholm, 1846.  When twenty years old she went to Vienna, where she studied under Rieser, Geyling, and Karl Hannold.  She did not exhibit her works until 1881, since when she has been favorably known, especially in Austria.  A water-color of a “Mill near Ischl” and several other pictures by this artist have been purchased for the Imperial Collections.

KEITH, DORA WHEELER.

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KEMP-WELCH, LUCY ELIZABETH. Fellow and Associate of Herkomer School, and member of the Royal Society of British Artists.  Born at Bournemouth, 1869.  Has exhibited annually at the Royal Academy since 1894.  In 1897 her picture of “Colt Hunting in the New Forest” was purchased by the trustees of the Chantrey Bequest; in 1900 that of “Horses Bathing in the Sea” was bought for the National Gallery at Victoria.  In 1901 she exhibited “Lord Dundonald’s Dash on Lady-smith.”

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