Good, Charles the Bold, Emperor Maximilian, and Charles V.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xv. 712; Merlo, 238; Wolfg., Müller, Düsseldf. K., 149; Wiegmann, 217.
KIELMANN, ANDREAS, born at Wismar,
Mecklenburg, in 1825. Genre painter,
studied 1845-47 in Berlin, then in Paris,
Brussels, Antwerp, and other cities, and settled
in Schwerin in 1860. Works: Dinner
during Harvest (1861), Prussian Soldier
quartered in French Peasant's Cottage
(1871), Schwerin Gallery.—Schlie, 37.
KIERINGS. See Keirincx.
KIERS, PETRUS, born at Grœneveld,
Drenthe, Jan. 5, 1807. Genre painter, pupil
in Amsterdam of Douwe de Hoop. Member
of Amsterdam Academy in 1856. Works:
Washerwoman (1840); Lady coming from her
Room by Candlelight (1840); Reading of Bible;
Letter-Writer; Interior of Dutch
House (1855). His son, George Laurenz
(born Jan. 26, 1838), is a good marine painter.—Immerzeel,
ii. 110; Kramm, iii. 872.
KIESEL, KONRAD, born in Düsseldorf,
Nov. 29, 1846. Genre painter, pupil in Berlin
of Paulsen, then in Düsseldorf of Wilhelm
Sohn. Works: Mother and Child;
Italian Woman; Still Life; In the Library;
On the Balcony; Birthday Morning (1878);
Lady with Pigeons; Studio; Young Mother;
Welcome News; Visit at the Studio (1884).—Müller,
298; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xxi. 495;
Illustr. Zeitg. (1879), ii. 71, 391; (1882), i.
31, 36; (1883), i. 63; ii. 209, 495; La Ilustracion
(1880), i. 99; ii. 187; Zeitschr. f. b.
K., xx. 42.
KIESSLING, PAUL, born in Breslau,
Jan. 8, 1836. History and portrait painter,
pupil of Dresden Academy under Julius
Schnorr; won in 1856 the first prize, then
studied for three years in Italy and was influenced
by Passini; spent one year in Antwerp
and returned via Paris to Rome.
Works: Ulysses recognized by Eurycleia
(1855); Venus and Adonis; Rape of Hylas;
Rape of Europa; Maiden from Afar; Dithyrambus;
Triumph of Love; Böttger in his
Laboratory, Augustus the Strong visiting
Böttger, Albrechtsburg, Meissen; Three
Sisters (1875), Girl's Head (1880), Dresden
Museum.—Müller, 298.
KIETZ, ERNST BENEDIKT, born in
Leipsic in 1815. Portrait painter, pupil in
Paris of Delaroche, whose portrait he painted;
in 1853 visited Malta, Constantinople,
Athens, and Rome, then lived in Paris until
1870, when he removed to Dresden.
Works: Portrait of Richard Wagner (1844),
Mignet, Isabey, Johanna Wagner, Madame
Viardot-Garcia, Heinrich Heine, Tiedge,
Oehlenschläger, Frederick Kücken.—Müller,
299.
KINDERMANN, DOMINIK, born at
Schluckenau, Bohemia, in 1746, died in
Schönlinde, June 9, 1817. History and
portrait painter, pupil of Vienna Academy;
went in 1769 to Rome, where he studied
for six years after Raphael and the Carracci,
under Mengs. In Naples he studied the art
treasures of Pompeii, returned to Vienna in
1777 to paint portraits and altarpieces for
churches, and in 1803 settled in Schönlinde.
Works: Magdalen; Christ and the Pharisees;
St. John of Nepomuk; Æneas and the
Sibyl crossing the Styx, Prague Gallery;
Martyrdom of St. Lawrence; Birth of
Christ; Death of St. Joseph; Decapitation
of St. James; Martyrdom of Apostles Simon
and Judas Thaddeus; Emperor Leopold II.
(1792), Strahow Abbey, Prague.—Allgem. d.
Biogr., xv. 756; Dlabacz, ii. 58; Wurzbach,
xi. 266.
KINDLER, ALBERT, born in Allensbach,
near Constance, in 1833, died in Meran, Tyrol,
April 4, 1876. Genre painter, pupil of
the Munich Academy, then from 1856 of
Rudolph Jordan in Düsseldorf. Acquired
well-deserved fame after 1859, when his first
large composition attracted much attention.
Works: Young Girl reading to her blind
Grandfather, Publication of New Decree,
Provinzial Museum, Hanover; Expectation,
Stettin Museum; Bridal Procession on the
Rhine (1859); Brautexamen; Meeting of
Common Council; Tourists; Poaching;
Village Theatre; Tourists and Guides;
