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Ferdinand Kaufmann BIOGRAPHY
1864 Oberhausen, Germany - 1942 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Landscape, coastal vistas and ship painting.
The following is from Linda Chase:. My husband Jim recently found my great grandfather (Ferdinand Kaufmann) on your web site. I have 9 pictures of his hanging in my home that my Mother gave me. She... Read full biography
The following is from Linda Chase:. My husband Jim recently found my great grandfather (Ferdinand Kaufmann) on your web site. I have 9 pictures of his hanging in my home that my Mother gave me. She has 3 in her home. My great grandfather adored my mother, and often took her with him to watch him... Read full biography
The following is from Linda Chase:. My husband Jim recently found my great grandfather (Ferdinand Kaufmann) on your web site. I have 9 pictures of his hanging in my home that my Mother gave me. She has 3 in her home. My great grandfather adored my mother, and often took her with him to watch him paint his landscapes. His daughter Yvonne, is my mother's mother. I understand that he had a son that died. My mother told me he was a Baron from Bavaria, came to the US, and lost his money in the stock... Read full biography
The following is from Linda Chase:. My husband Jim recently found my great grandfather (Ferdinand Kaufmann) on your web site. I have 9 pictures of his hanging in my home that my Mother gave me. She has 3 in her home. My great grandfather adored my mother, and often took her with him to watch him paint his landscapes. His daughter Yvonne, is my mother's mother. I understand that he had a son that died. My mother told me he was a Baron from Bavaria, came to the US, and lost his money in the stock market. He did paintings for a living, and my mother told me that he had people paying him $250 to paint a painting-this before he had even painted any of it! My mother's mother gave away many of his paintings as gifts, and I always wondered where... Read full biography
The following is from Linda Chase:. My husband Jim recently found my great grandfather (Ferdinand Kaufmann) on your web site. I have 9 pictures of his hanging in my home that my Mother gave me. She has 3 in her home. My great grandfather adored my mother, and often took her with him to watch him paint his landscapes. His daughter Yvonne, is my mother's mother. I understand that he had a son that died. My mother told me he was a Baron from Bavaria, came to the US, and lost his money in the stock market. He did paintings for a living, and my mother told me that he had people paying him $250 to paint a painting-this before he had even painted any of it! My mother's mother gave away many of his paintings as gifts, and I always wondered where some of them are now. Exhibited:. Pasadena Art Institute, 1928, 1929... Read full biography
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About Ferdinand Kaufmann
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The following is from Linda Chase:
My husband Jim recently found my great grandfather (Ferdinand Kaufmann) on your web site. I have 9 pictures of his hanging in my home that my Mother gave me. She has 3 in her home. My great grandfather adored my mother, and often took her with him to watch him paint his landscapes. His daughter Yvonne, is my mother's mother. I understand that he had a son that died. My mother told me he was a Baron from Bavaria, came to the US, and lost his money in the stock market.
He did paintings for a living, and my mother told me that he had people paying him $250 to paint a painting-this before he had even painted any of it! My mother's mother gave away many of his paintings as gifts, and I always wondered where some of them are now.
Exhibited:
Pasadena Art Institute, 1928, 1929
Laguna Beach Gallery, 1930
Academy of Western Painters, 1936Biography from the Archives of askART
A landscape and marine painter, Ferdinand Kaufmann was born in Germany and studied in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. Prior to settling in Southern California in 1921, he lived in Pittsburgh where he was a member of the Pittsburgh Art Association.
In 1934, he became a resident of Pasadena and exhibited with the Pasadena Art Institute, and in 1939 of Laguna Beach where he was active in the Art Association.
He died in 1942 in Los Angeles County
Source:
Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940Biography from American Legacy Fine Arts
Ferdinand Kaufmann was born in Oberhausen, Germany in 1864. He moved to Pittsburgh with his family around 1881 where he resided for approximately forty years and became a member of the Pittsburgh Art Association. To advance his education, Kaufmann traveled through Europe from 1896 to 1902 exploring art museums and galleries. While in Paris he studied at the prestigious Académie Julian under notable artists William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Jean-Paul Laurens, and Benjamin Constant.
In 1921 Kaufmann relocated to Southern California and settled in Pasadena in 1934 where he exhibited with the Pasadena Art Institute. In 1939 he became an active member of the Laguna Beach Art Association. In addition to traveling around California, Kaufmann took frequent painting trips to Arizona and New England, particularly in Gloucester, where he became a North Shore Arts Association member. Ferdinand Kaufmann passed away in 1942 in Los Angeles County.
Ferdinand Kaufmann is primarily recognized for his impressionistic landscapes and marine paintings of Southern California. Many of his subjects depict Pasadena, including the city’s architecture of charming California-style red tile-roofed homes set in the landscape.
Sources: Hughes, Artists in California; Southwestern Pennsylvania Painters
Collections
Municipal Art Gallery, Davenport, Iowa; Private Collections
Selected Exhibitions
J.J. Gillespie Gallery, Pittsburgh, 1922 (marine paintings, around Glouchester, MA); Pasadena Art Institute, 1928, 1929 (prize); Laguna Beach Art Gallery, 1930; Calif. State Fair, Sacramento, 1935, 1939 (prize); Academy of Western Painters, 1936; Golden Gate Exposition, 1939Biography from William A. Karges Fine Art
Ferdinand Kaufman was born in Germany in 1864, and studied art in Paris. Among his teachers was Edouard Manet. Kaufman left Europe to settle in Southern California in 1921, where he actively exhibited in Pasadena and Laguna Beach, two of the cities in which he lived. An Impressionist, he's remembered for his California landscapes and marine paintings.