The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Kaufmann, Theodor

KAUFMANN, Theodor, an American painter, born at Uelsen, Hanover, Dec. 18, 1814. He served for several years as a mercantile apprentice, and studied painting in Hamburg, and under Hess in Munich. Implicated in the revolutionary movement of 1847-'9, he left Germany, and in 1850 settled in the United States. He served in the army during the civil war, and afterward resided in Boston. His works include &ldquo;General Sherman near the Watchfire,&rdquo; &ldquo;On to Liberty,&rdquo; and &ldquo;A Pacific Railway Train attacked by Indians.&rdquo; His &ldquo;American Painting Book&rdquo; was published at Boston in 1871.