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 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;