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1814 Uelzen, Hanover, Germany - 1896 New York, New York. Known for: Genre-military-ethnic, portrait, history.
Born and raised in Hanover, Germany, Theodore Kaufmann, military, historical, and portrait painter, became best known for his Civil War paintingsof the exploits of Admiral Farragut and General... Read full biography
Born and raised in Hanover, Germany, Theodore Kaufmann, military, historical, and portrait painter, became best known for his Civil War paintingsof the exploits of Admiral Farragut and General Sherman. He trained in Munich, Hamburg and Dresden as a portrait and history painter with Peter Cornelius,... Read full biography
Born and raised in Hanover, Germany, Theodore Kaufmann, military, historical, and portrait painter, became best known for his Civil War paintingsof the exploits of Admiral Farragut and General Sherman. He trained in Munich, Hamburg and Dresden as a portrait and history painter with Peter Cornelius, Fredrick Kaulbach and Wilhelm Schwar. He exhibited his history paintings in Vienna and Dresden. He participated in the revolution of 1848 in Germany and left in 1850 to escape the upheavals following... Read full biography
Born and raised in Hanover, Germany, Theodore Kaufmann, military, historical, and portrait painter, became best known for his Civil War paintingsof the exploits of Admiral Farragut and General Sherman. He trained in Munich, Hamburg and Dresden as a portrait and history painter with Peter Cornelius, Fredrick Kaulbach and Wilhelm Schwar. He exhibited his history paintings in Vienna and Dresden. He participated in the revolution of 1848 in Germany and left in 1850 to escape the upheavals following that period. Kaufmann arrived in New York City in 1850, established a portrait painting studio and reportedly instructed Thomas Nast, political cartoonist. He enlisted in the Civil War as an artist-correspondent for the Union armies, and was in... Read full biography
Born and raised in Hanover, Germany, Theodore Kaufmann, military, historical, and portrait painter, became best known for his Civil War paintingsof the exploits of Admiral Farragut and General Sherman. He trained in Munich, Hamburg and Dresden as a portrait and history painter with Peter Cornelius, Fredrick Kaulbach and Wilhelm Schwar. He exhibited his history paintings in Vienna and Dresden. He participated in the revolution of 1848 in Germany and left in 1850 to escape the upheavals following that period. Kaufmann arrived in New York City in 1850, established a portrait painting studio and reportedly instructed Thomas Nast, political cartoonist. He enlisted in the Civil War as an artist-correspondent for the Union armies, and was in Boston by the 1860s and in Washington DC by 1870. In 1871, he established a studio in Boston and settled there permanently. Little is known of the l... Read full biography
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Keywords (32)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Germany Before 1900
- •Washington DC Before 1900
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •Washington DC Art Association
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •John F Eulich Collection
- •William Foxley Collection-Western
Added Description
- •Civil War Artist and/or Photographer
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Genre Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Centennial Exposition 1876, Philadelphia
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC