In writing me of her own life-work and that of her family, she says, what we may well believe:  “Longfellow’s thought, ’Your purpose in life must be to accomplish well your task,’ has been our motto from childhood.”

Anna Klumpke, being the eldest of the four daughters of her mother, had a double duty:  her own studies and profession and the loving aid and care of her sisters.  In the beginning of her art studies it was only when her home duties were discharged that she could hasten to the Luxembourg, where, curiously enough, her time was devoted to copying “Le Labourage Nivernais,” by Rosa Bonheur, whose beloved and devoted friend she later became.

Meantime Anna Klumpke had visited Boston and other cities of her native land, and made a success, not only as an artist, but as a woman, whose intelligence, cheerfulness, and broad interests in life made her a delightful companion.  Sailing from Antwerp one autumn, I was told by a friend that a lady on board had a letter of introduction to me from Madame Bouguereau.  It proved to be Miss Klumpke, and the acquaintance thus begun, as time went on, disclosed to me a remarkable character, founded on a remarkable experience, and it was no surprise to me that the great and good Rosa Bonheur found in Anna Klumpke a sympathetic and reliable friend and companion for her last days.

The history of this friendship and its results are too well known to require more than a passing mention.  Miss Klumpke is now established in Paris, and writes me that, in addition to her painting, she is writing of Rosa Bonheur.  She says:  “This biography consists of reminiscences of Rosa Bonheur’s life, her impressions of Nature, God, and Art, with perhaps a short sketch of how I became acquainted with the illustrious woman whose precious maternal tenderness will remain forever the most glorious event of my life.”

At the Salon des Artistes Francais, 1903, Miss Klumpke exhibited a picture called “Maternal Affection.”

KNOBLOCH, GERTRUDE. Born at Breslau, 1867.  Pupil of Skirbina in Berlin.  Her studio is in Brussels.  She paints in oil and water-colors.  Among her best pictures are “In the Children’s Shoes,” “The Forester’s Leisure Hours,” and a “Madonna with the Christ Child.”

Two of her works in gouache are worthy of mention:  “An Effeminate” and “Children Returning from School.”

KOLLOCK, MARY. Born at Norfolk, Virginia, 1840.  Studied at the Pennsylvania Academy under Robert Wylie, and in New York under J. B. Bristol and A. H. Wynant.  Her landscapes have been exhibited at the National Academy, New York.  Several of these were scenes about Lake George and the Adirondack regions.  “Morning in the Mountains” and “On the Road to Mt.  Marcy” were exhibited in 1877; “A November Day” and an “Evening Walk,” in 1878; “A House in East Hampton, Two Hundred and Twenty Years Old,” in 1880; “On Rondout Creek,” in 1881; and “The Brook,” in 1882.