Klee Paul

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Born in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland in 1879. He studied art at the Munich Art Academy (1898-1901) and later became associated with the Blaue Reiter group. Klee lived in Germany during the First World War and in 1916 was called up by the German Army. He was not sent to the front-line and spent some of his […]

Kanitz Phillip Felix

Born on 02.08.1829, died on 08.01.1904, Felix Philipp Kanitz was an Austro-Hungarian painter, naturalist, geographer, ethnographer, archaeologist and author of travel notes. Kanitz was born in Budapest to a rich Jewish family and enrolled in art in the University of Vienna in 1846, at the age of 17. He traveled extensively after 1850, visiting Germany, […]

Keller-Kühne Woldemar Josef

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Born 23.04.1902 in Munich-Neuhausen, died on 09.03.1991 in Miesbach. German painter, draftsman and graphic artist. Member of the Munich Artists’ Cooperative.   Josef Woldemar Keller-Kühne studied from 1921 to 1930 at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in the class of  Heinrich von Zügel and Angelo Jank. During his studies he traveled to Austria, Hungary, […]

Kállay Karol

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Karol Kállay is of the most significant representative of the Slovak photography. He was born in Čadca in the north of Slovakia. He studied economy in Bratislava. He has been working in photography since 1945. He has worked as a photo-reporter, fashion, portrait and landscape photographer. He cooperated with major fashion magazines in Paris and […]

Jungnickel Heinrich Ludwig

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Born on 22-07-1881 in Wunsiedel, died on 14-02-1965 in Vienna. He was most famous Austrian animal painters. At first, he studied at the Munich School of Arts and Crafts. In 1898 after a yearlong stay in Italy he went to Vienna where he studied with Christian Griepenkerl at the Academy of Fine Arts and later […]

Jovanović Paja

Paja Jovanović (Paul Joanovitch) was a renowned Serbian painter, exponent of academic realism. He was born in Vrsac in 1859. He learned painting skills in Vienna Academy of Art and spent most of his life between Belgrade and Vienna. Jovanović was renowned portrait painter, amongst numerous portraits he made were portraits of Austrian emperor Franz […]

Jouve Paul

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Born in Bourron-Marlotte on 1880, died in Paris in 1973. His father August Jouve was also a painter and a friend of Vincent van Gogh. Encouraged by his father, Paul Jouve spent a considerable amount of time during his childhood and youth drawing in Paris main botanical garden and Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle. By age […]

Japp Napier Darsie

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Painter of landscapes and figure compositions. Born 17 February 1883 at Liverpool. Educated at St John’s College, Oxford. Worked in his father’s shipping office in the City 1904–7 and attended Lambeth School of Art at night under Philip Connard. Studied at the Slade School 1908–9. Served as Major in the Royal Field Artillery during the […]

Ivanović Ljubomir

Ljubomir Ivanovic 1882-1945 In front of a bakery in Struga 1937 drawing

Born and died in Belgrade. He was an important Serbian painter from the so called “First Generation of Serbian Impressionists”. Upon advice of the painter Djordje Krstic, he started studying art at the Serbian Drawing and Painting School. Later he studied at the Munich Art Academy (1905-1909) in the class of prof. Ludwig Levc and […]

Ivanov Ivan

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Born 1879 in Vidin, died in Sofia in 1966. Studied at the National Art School in the class of Prof. Ivan Mrkvicka. Upon graduation, he went to Bucharest. Graduated from the Bucharest Art Academy in the class of Prof. Kostandi and Prof. Gropyano. Ivan Ivanov a military artist traveling through Macedonia during the First and […]