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 KLOEBER, AUGUST VON, born in Breslau, Aug. 21, 1793, died in Berlin, Dec. 31, 1864. History painter, pupil of the Berlin Academy; joined the volunteers in 1813; after the peace studied in Paris, and then lived four years in Vienna, where he painted the best known portrait of Beethoven. In 1820 he went to Berlin, and in 1821 to Italy, whence he returned, in 1828, a confirmed imitator of Correggio. Member of the Acaddemy and professor in 1829. Works: Perseus and Andromeda, Toilet of Venus (before 1828); Greek Flower Girl (1833); Bacchus watering the Panther (1834); Sakuntala, Harvest, Hüon among Herdsmen (1837); Jubal, Inventor of Flute (1839), Horse-Pond, Cupid and Psyche, Education of Bacchus (1860), in National Gallery, Berlin; Psyche awakened by Cupid (1854); Cupid whetting his Arrows.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xvi. 200; Dioskuren (1865), 8; Jordan (1885), ii. 118; Bruno Meyer, Studien, 11; Bosenberg, Berliner Malerschule, 88.

KLOMP, AELBERT, born at Amsterdam in 1618, died there, Dec. 20, 1688. Dutch school. Landscape and animal painter; precursor of Albert Cuyp and Paul Potter, who painted in his manner. He enlivened his pictures with figures, animals, and splendid fountains. Works: Landscapes with Cattle, in Museums at Amsterdam (3), Bordeaux, Brussels, Dresden, Gotha, Stockholm; do. (1663), Copenhagen Gallery, Städel Gallery, Frankfort; Oldenburg (1688), Schleissheim, and Schwerin Galleries; Historical Society, New York.—Dohme llii.; Immerzeel, ii. 116; Kramm, iii. 878; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 440; Schlie, 315; Westrheene, Paulus Potter, 15.

KLOSE, WILHELM, born in Carlsruhe in 1830. Landscape painter, pupil of Munich Academy, influenced by Rottmann; visited the Tyrolese and Swiss Alps, went in 1851 to Dalmatia, thence to Rome, where he remained until 1855. After a short stay in Carlsruhe, he visited Sicily and Greece (1867-69), then in 1875 Egypt, Asia Minor, and Athens. Works: Fourteen Views in Greece and Italy; Four Landscapes in South Etruria, Festhalle in Carlsruhe; Four Italian Landscapes, Municipal Bath in Carlsruhe; Five Italian Landscapes, Villa Klose at Thun, Switzerland.—Müller, 300.

KLOSS, FREDERIK THEODOR, born at Brunswick, Sept. 19, 1802, died at Copenhagen, June 9, 1876. Landscape, marine, and portrait painter, pupil in Berlin of Schumann, then of Eckersberg in Copenhagen, whither he returned in 1828, having visited Prague, Breslau, and Dresden, in 1825-27; made a sea voyage with the cadets' ship in 1830, and became instructor of drawing; went in the frigate Thetis to Italy in 1843, and to the Färöe Islands in 1844. Member of Copenhagen Academy in 1840. Order of Dannebrog, 1847; Professor, 1853. His principal works are in the royal collections. Works: Battle of Lyngörshavn; Prince Christian after skirmish near Själlandsodde; Open Sea with Vessels.—Weilbach, 362.

KLOTZ, JOSEPH, born in Munich in 1795, died there in 1830. Landscape painter, son and pupil of Matthias Klotz (portrait painter, 1784-1821, and court-painter, first in Mannheim, then in Munich); then studied in Paris and Berlin, and succeeded his father as court-painter in Munich. In 1814 his picture representing the burning of Moscow was very popular. Works: View of Munich in 1817 (figures by Albrecht Adam), View of Schwabinger Gate in Munich (1817), New Pinakothek, Munich.—Lipowsky; Nagler, vii. 68.

KNAB, FERDINAND, born in Würzburg, June 12, 1834. Architecture and landscape painter, pupil in Munich of Ramberg and Piloty; visited Italy in 1868 and settled in