Nelson Kinsley
Nelson Gray Kinsley (born July 14, 1863 in Canton , Massachusetts , † May 2, 1945 in Kronberg im Taunus ) was an American landscape , hunting and animal painter .
Life
After the death of Kinsley's father, his mother and two sons went on a big trip to Europe . In 1874 the family settled in Frankfurt am Main . At the intercession of Adolf Hoeffler , Kinsley received lessons from Anton Burger in Kronberg from 1878 at the age of 15 . Here he joined the community that his teacher Burger had initiated. From 1882 to 1884 he received private lessons at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , among others with Christian Kröner .
Before going to the art academy in Karlsruhe in 1884 , he married Louise Burger, a daughter of his teacher Burger. In Karlsruhe, Kinsley was a student of Hermann Baisch in 1887/91 .
In 1897 Kinsley returned to Kronberg and settled there. Here he created his mostly small-format pictures in his preferred genre of landscape, hunting and animal painting.
Works (selection)
- Moonrise
- Waldineres
- Deer goat with fawns
- Evening mood in winter
literature
- Kinsley, Nelson G. In: Friedrich von Bötticher : Painter works of the nineteenth century. Contribution to art history . Volume I, Dresden 1891, p. 681.
Web links
- Literature by and about Nelson Kinsley in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 433
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kinsley, Nelson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kinsley, Nelson Gray (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Canton (Massachusetts) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1945 |
| Place of death | Kronberg im Taunus |