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List of Illinois Artists
Artist Name Birth Death
Joshua Kaganove August 22, 1892 Kiev, Russia August 31, 1968 Chicago
Benjamin S. Kanne June 23, 1897 Odessa, Russia April 19, 1952 Chicago
Alxexander Raymond [Sandor] Katz April 21, 1895 Kassa, Hungary March 24, 1974 Miami Beach, FL
Herman Katz 1897 Ukraine After 1976 Chicago?
George Frederick Kaumeyer (Kaumier) November 21, 1856 Port Huron, MI March 25, 1951 Los Angeles, CA
Roy C. Keister January 2, 1886 Germantown, OH December 1983 Whitehouse, TX
Belle Emerson Keith January 22, 1865 Rockford May 29, 1950 New York City
Charles Harry Kellner September 13, 1890 Kasa, Czechoslovakia January 23, 1979 Chicago
Anna P. Kellogg August 5, 1874, Chicago After 1908 Chicago?
Edmund Philo Kellogg September 11, 1879 Chicago February 28, 1938 Chicago
Clay Kelly June 11, 1874 Jeffersonvile, IN After 1940 Chicago?
Faustina James Kelly September 16, 1876 Dyersburg, TN August 1, 1928 Chicago
Benjamin Kelman April 2, 1887 Jassy, Romania After 1940 Chicago?
Karl Kelpe January 26, 1898 Germany October 25, 1973 Elmwood Park, IL
Thomas M. Kempf December 29, 1895 Jasper, IN June 8, 1988 Beecher, IL
Lawrence Kennedy October 31, 1880 Pittsburgh After 1933 Hinsdale?
Samuel James Kennedy June 7, 1877 Mt. Pleasant, MI After 1926 Chicago/ Laguna Beach?
Ada M. Kennicott ? March 6, 1926 St. Petersburg, FL
Marie Antoinette Fiske Kennicott 1825 ~ NYC 1907 ~ Chicago
Camilla Meyers Kenyon July 17, 1893 Peoria, IL October 31, 1968 Peoria, IL
Blanche Weyburn Kerr July 18, 1872 Rockford August 12, 1955 Oak Park, IL
Fannie Louella Long Kersch September 1, 1898 St. Paul, MN After 1940 Rock Island ?
Roy Anderson Ketcham November 11, 1894  Sandborn, Paoli, IN November 1969 Schoolcraft, MI
Mabel Key August 2, 1874 Paris, France July 6, 1926 Chicago
Edward Earl Kibbee October 13, 1897 Buffalo February 6, 1973 Libertyville, IL
Robert P. Kilbert September 14, 1880 Germany/Austria June 14, 1945 Chicago
Charles Pritchard Killgore March 7, 1889 Huntington, WV November 23, 1979 LaGrange, IL
Katherine M. King ? After 1907 Chicago?
Norman Fridthjof Kinservik April 28, 1892 LaCrosse, WI  
Earle Rosslyn Kirkbride April 11, 1891 Pittsburgh, PA August 15, 1968
Vernon H. Thomas Kirkbride September 12, 1894 Evanston, IL After 1940 Chicago?
Amy R. Kirkpatrick March 14, 1862 Anna, IL April 29, 1935 Union City, IL
Joseph H. Kirschbaum September 27, 1829 Neuss, Near Cologne 1926 Nauvoo, IL
Jerome Jaralav Klapka November 19, 1887 Czechoslovakia December 1963 Berwyn?
Henry Kleim May 20, 1866 Chicago March 10, 1940 Chicago
Adolph Frederick Kleiminger December 4, 1865 Chicago After 1933 Nonquitt, MA?
Ernest Sigmund Klempner July 26, 1867 Vienna, Austria January 14, 1941 Evanston, IL
Kate K. Klohs June 7, 1872 After 1913 Palos Park ?
Zanville David Klopper October 20, 1872 Nemirov, Russia February 3, 1934 Chicago
Nellie Augusta Knopf September 19, 1875 Chicago April 30, 1962 Lansing, MI
Ida (Ada) L. Knox ? ? After 1892 Princeton, IL?
Helen Muriel Knudson ? After 1925 Chicago?
Helena Elizabeth Pierce Knudson ? Farmingdale, IL After 1940 Springfield?
S. M. Knudson June 6, 1883 Chicago After 1922 Chicago?
Charles Louis Phillip Koch July 16, 1863 Tell City, IN June 26, 1939 Chicago, IL
Irma René Koen October 8, 1884 Rock Island July 1975? Montecito, CA?
Florence R. Kolker ? After 1915 Chicago?
Mildred I. Carlson Koons December 26, 1896 Chicago After 1967 Sun City, AZ
Babette S. Kornblith 1893 St. Louis, MO February 24, 1973 Chicago
Carl Rudolph Krafft August 23, 1884 Reading, OH October 18, 1938 Oak Park, IL
Olof Krans November 2, 1838 Salja, Sweden January 4, 1916 Altoona, IL
Edward Jan Krasa April 27, 1877 Chicago September 17, 1933 Lisle
Sigmund Krausz May 14, 1857 Tolna, Hungary After 1927 Chicago?
Harriet B. Krawiec October 14, 1894 Chicago September 30, 1968 Chicago
Walter Krawiec September 24, 1889 Morzewo, Poland June 8, 1982 Chicago
Albert Henry Krehbiel November 25, 1873 Denmark, IA June 29, 1945 Evanston, IL
Clara Josephine Kretzinger 1883 Chicago After 1940 Dublin?
Marguerite G. Kreutzberg September 14, 1880 Elgin, IL After 1940 Bethlehem, PA?
Joseph A. Krohmer October 2, 1878 Chicago July 28, 1931 Riverside, IL
Elsa Marie Kroll March 1893 Chicago October 9, 1918 Chicago
William John Krullaars July 27, 1878 Rotterdam, Holland July 31, 1946 Chicago
Luella Kuckemann (Kuchman) ? 1886 1947 Galena, IL
Leo J. Kull ? After 1919 Chicago?
Louis Kurz November 23, 1833 Saltzburg, Austria March 21, 1921 Chicago
Jessie Pixley Lacey March 13, 1863 Charlotte, MI February 25, 1957 Evanston, IL
Florence G. Lahr February 26, 1898 Medaryville, IN After 1940 Chicago?
Edward John Lake May 5, 1870 Dalkeith, Scotland July 1, 1940 Champaign, IL
Charles Thompson Lambert September 1, 1854 Ballarat, Australia March 30, 1932 Peoria, IL
Herman C. Lammers November 2, 1867 Cincinnati, OH March 20, 1946 Chicago
Helen Beardsley Landaker April 24, 1889 Elkhart, IN December 29, 1980 Evanston, IL
Elizabeth Lane ? After 1905 Rockford, IL?
Marjorie L. Lane August 4, 1893 Illinois October 23, 1978 Peoria, IL
William E. Lape 1889 August 25, 1972 Evanston, IL
John R. Larsen 1848 Hadseløen, Norway 1940 Oak Park?
Mae Sybil Larsen June 20, 1894 Chicago February 18, 1953 Chicago
Ole P. Larsen January 20, 1898 Manistee, MI After 1966 Hinsdale?
Frederick T. Larson April 19, 1868 Chicago November 2, 1944 Chicago
Sister Mary (Helen Hubler) Laureen June 16, 1893 Fort Wayne, IN April 1987, Saint Marys, IN
Alice A. Lazard November 1, 1893 New Orleans December 26, 1972 Highland Park, IL
Napoleon Ledochowski April 13, 1845 Paris, France October 20, 1917 Chicago
Sadie Mahrea Cramer Lehman March 21, 1886 Fredonia, OH After 1951 Chicago?
Howard Leigh August 9, 1896 Cecilia, KY 1981 Chicago/Spiceland, IN?
George A. Leupold March 28, ? May 21, 1936 Chicago
Beatrice Sophia Levy April 3, 1892 Chicago July 19, 1974 San Diego, CA
Henry L. Levy October 6, 1868 Hartford, CT After 1940 Chicago?
Eva G. Lewis March 1, 1851 Bloomingdale, IL August 4, 1933 Oak Park
Herbert Taylor Lewis Decmeber 30, 1893 Chicago 1958 Carmel, CA?
Mathilda (Mattie) Lietz July 21, 1893 Peoria, IL January 15, 1956 Grand Detour, IL
Frank Louis Linden June 16, 1850 Chicago July 27, 1934 Chicago
S. B. Linder ? Europe After 1919 Chicago?
Carl Olof Erik Lindin June 15, 1869 Fellingsbro, Sweden November 7, 1942 Woodstock, NY
Nellie Day Lines 1859 Burlington, VT March 10, 1915 Chicago
John Lins August 17, 1893 February 1983 Chicago, IL?
Axel Linus November 27, 1885 Sweden April 1980 Palm Springs, CA
Amos Platte Little October 10, 1844  St. Louis January 3, 1929 Danville, IL
William E. Livezey April 12, 1876 Unionville, MO April 1970 Metairie, LA
Guida Livingston Cincinnati? After 1899 Bloomington, IL?
Ruth H. Livingstone October 29, 1873 Windsor, MO After 1915 Chicago?
Tito Macrini Livio May 12, 1899 Lucca, Italy  
Pedro Llanuza October 29, 1882 San Francisco, CA After 1925 Chicago?
Victor M. Llona April 5, 1885 Lima, Peru After 1918 Chicago?
Glada A. Trenchard Lockhart September 25, 1892 Boone, IA After 1940 Calumet City, IL
Dorothy Loeb July 3, 1887 Starnberg, Germany July 1971 Chicago
Ella Loeb ? After 1913 Chicago ?
Lyman Arthur Loomis June 1, 1850 Peoria, IL November 6, 1926 Peoria
Manchus Carlton Loomis May 4, 1861 Fairview, PA August 16, 1938 Villa Park, IL
Sadie H. Lowes May 7, 1870 Hamilton County, IN November 1, 1945 Chicago
Agnes Squire Potter Lowrie October 31, 1892 London After 1940 Chicago?
Lydia Purdy Hess Lowry April 8, 1866 Newaygo, MI November 30, 1936 Chicago
Oscar Martin Lumby March 15, 1879 Norway December 12, 1961 Chicago
Frank A. Lundahl November 11, 1858 Rock Island, IL September 7, 1932 Rock Island, IL
Martin Lundgren June 21, 1871 Hörup, Kristianstad,Sweden November 17, 1968 Chicago
Leon Lundmark May 28, 1875 Mölunda, Kalmar, Sweden May 2, 1942 Altadena, CA
Marie Koupal Lusk February 12, 1862 Cesnovic, Bohemia December 13, 1929 Chicago
Louis O. Lussier ? 1810 After 1874 Chicago?
Helen C. Luthardt ? After 1917 Chicago?
Philip Lyford August 20, 1887 Worcester, MA March 24, 1950 Hartford, CT
Anna Lynch April 22, 1865 Elgin January 8, 1946 Elgin, IL
Julian L. MacDonald March 28, 1882 Cornwall, Ontario Cananda June 18, 1939 Chicago
Angus Peter MacDonall April 7, 1876 St. Louis, MO December 18, 1927 Westport, CT
Clara MacGowan September 15, 1895 Montreal, Canada Feb. 1983 Oceanside, CA
Murray MacKenzie Ireland June 1909 Chicago
Isobel Steele MacKinnon October 3, 1896 Negaunee, MI December 1, 1972 Chicago, IL
Norman Hilliard MacLeish August 29, 1890 Glencoe, IL August 1975 Naples, FL
Mary MacMillan ? After 1915 Chicago?
Marie Ranchfuss MacPherson 1879 Cincinnati, OH After 1942 Chicago?
Elizabeth Brooks Maher December 22, 1866 Ohio After 1919 Kenilworth, IL?
Hardesty Gillmore Maratta August 22, 1864 Chicago October, 1924 Eastern U. S.
Carl March December 4, 1888 Austria After 1917 Chicago?
Emma J. March January 21, 1850 Jacksonville, IL September 7, 1943 Chicago
Hubert J. Margraf February 10, 1885 Chicago After 1931 Chicago?
Charlotte Marlchamm ? After 1919 Chicago?
Ethel Mars September 19, 1876 Springfield, IL March 1956 France?
Anna Bird Martin June 6, 1882 Parkersburg, IA After 1935 Chicago?
Emma L. T. Martin ? New York After 1894 Chicago?
Helen Hite Martin Wenona, IL 1873 After 1896 Wenona, IL ?
Samuel A. Marx August 27, 1885 Natchez, MS January 17, 1964 New York, NY
Leo Aurelio Marzolo February 22, 1887 Martinez, CA March 21, 1964 Geneva, IL
Joseph Maski February 13, 1884 Warsaw, Poland After 1919 Chicago?
Alice Frances Kolb Mason January 16, 1895 Chicago September 1977 Dexter, MI
Dr. Michael L. Mason April 23, 1895 Rossville, IL March 30, 1963 Wood Dale, IL
Ebenezer Mason 1843 Jacksonville, IL December 31, 1886 Jacksonville, IL
Anna Lou Matthews June 26, 1882 Chicago After 1962 St. Petersburg, FL?
Carl Mauch January 7, 1854 Stüttgart June 18, 1913 Chicago, IL
Henry Howard Maust February 20, 1895 January 23, 1994 Woodstock, NY
Edward Albert Mayer January 8, 1889 Columbus, OH January 25, 1967 Chicago
Guy Ferris Maynard 1870 Chicago After 1904, 1936? Paris, France?
James Edwin McBurney November 22, 1868 Lore City, OH March 2, 1955 Chicago
Flora Thomas McCaig September 7, 1856 Royalton, NY March 28, 1933 Los Angeles
Emma Frances McCally ? June 28, 1911 Chicago
William Franklin McCaughey November 19, 1892 Lynchburg, VA February 1961
John William McClain September 19, 1893 Chicago After 1920 Chicago?
Amy Irwin Adams McCormick April 15, 1880 Fort Riley, KS August 14, 1939 Wheaton, IL
Carolyn Belle McCracken October 22, 1876 Oneida, IL May 4, 1940 Chicago
James McCracken ? After 1952 Oak Park?
Decatur Stephen McDannell 1830 Canton, OH October 14, 1890 Rock Island, IL
George L. McDonald September 10, 1896 Burlington, WI December 1978 Lodi, WI
John McDonnell 1880 Chicopee, MA February 25, 1940 Chicago, IL
Margaret Louisa McDougall 1874 March 31, 1928 St. Petersburg, FL
Daniel H. McEnerny ? After 1910 Chicago ?
Grace Farwell Winston McGann ? Chicago After 1917 Lake Forest, IL?
Frederick B. McGreer ? January 13, 1902 San Francisco, CA
Pleasant Ray McIntosh October 4, 1897 New Salisbury, IN October 1985 Gainsville, FL
Clare Alva McKee July 15, 1895 Benton Harbor, MI July 1963 Waukegan?
John Dukes McKee December 4, 1899 Kokomo, IN July 25, 1956 Lyons, IL
Iris McLane ? After 1915 Chicago?
Lena Brooke McNamara 1891 After 1924 Chicago?
Ambrose McNeal (McNeil) c. June 29, 1840 After 1896 Chicago?
Elizabeth McWilliams April 12, 1887 October 1967 San Clemente, CA
Mary Maud Ward Means 1848 Marietta, OH After 1910 Santa Barbara, CA?
Miss J. M. Meech ? After 1883 Chicago?
Anne C. Wilmot Meigs ? After 1921 Chicago?
Alfred Meissner April 1, 1877 Chicago May 8, 1935 Chicago
Harriet Edna Meleney ? After 1904 Chicago?
Bessie Marble Menage July 14, 1877 Minneapolis, MN After 1910 Chicago?
Isaac Watt Meridith March 28, 1878 Frankfort, IN 1954 ~ Chicago?
Harry Wallace Methven September 10, 1864 Philadelphia August 30, 1947 Chicago
Louis N. Mihas December 6, 1893 Distomo Levadia, Greece February 8, 1965 Chicago
Frida Mikesch ? After 1883 Chicago?
Elizabeth Bell Boynton Millard March 16, 1882 Chicago January 14, 1980 Lake Forest, IL
J. Edgar Miller December 17, 1899 Idaho Falls, ID June 1, 1993 Chicago
Lamar Miller ? After 1920 Chicago?
Marion G. Miller ? St. Charles, IL After 1926 Chicago?
Susan I. Miller ? 1935 Chicago?
Royal Hill Milleson November 23, 1849 Batavia, OH December 18, 1935 Evanston, IL
Louis Julian Millet June 20, 1856 New York September 2, 1923 Chicago
Harry L. Millhouser March 29, 1887 Chicago February 14, 1949 Chicago
Georgia Watson Miner April 4, 1876 Springfield, IL July 25, 1926 Springfield, IL
Charles Minghi March 25, 1872 Pescia, Italy After 1946 Chicago?
Anna Ames Mitchell ? Wocester, MA? 1923 ca. Chicago?
Elmira Dudley Mitchell ? 1939 Peoria, IL
Frederic Kimball Mizen January 29, 1888 Chicago June 1964 River Forest, IL
Julius Moessel October 13, 1871 Fürth, Bavaria August 13, 1957 Chicago
Charlotte Mohor April 17, 1868 Paris, France After 1926 Chicago?
Armand R. Monaco October 23, 1894 Paola, Italy August 1981 Glendale, CA
Marion Monroe ? After 1925 Chicago?
Alfred Montgomery April 20, 1857 Lawndale, IL April 19, 1922 Los Angeles, CA
Ernest Morgan October 3, 1884 Chicago After 1919, prior to 1925 Chicago?
Isaac A. Morgan June 28, 1871 Grand Tower, IL September 12, 1913 Brooklyn/Chicago?
T. E. Moritz ? After 1921 Chicago?
Charles Knowles Morris June 10, 1870 Evansville, IN October 10, 1962 Evanston, IL
Eloise E. Morrow October 10, 1886 Paducah, KY After 1931 Cairo, IL
Mamie Haile Morse November 16, 1874 Nashville, TN January 31, 1942 Evanston, IL
Henry Charles Mortenson April 18, 1888 Berkeley, CA After 1931 Chicago?
John R. Morton ? After 1916 Chicago?
William Harry Mosby January 24, 1898 Sioux City, IA December 19, 1964 Wilmette, IL
Wendell Moseley March 17, 1861 Waltham, MA October 1, 1923 Elgin, IL
Thomas Gibbs Moses July 21, 1856 Liverpool, England March 17, 1934 Oak Park, IL
Ethelwyn Moss 1886 Harper City, KY 1975 Peoria, IL
Archibald John Jr. Motley October 7, 1891 New Orleans, LA January 16, 1981 Chicago
Verne V. Mullen March 7, 1888 Washington, D.C. January 16, 1970 Oak Park, IL
Charles Edward Mullin July 6, 1885 Chicago After 1947 Orland Park?
Edith I. Blaisdell Murphey December 18, 1890 Pittsburgh, PA April 23, 1949 La Grange, IL
Virginia Agnes Murphey ? New Castle, IN After 1898 Chicago?
William Earl Musick November 27, 1896 Brashear, MO December 1971 Tucson, AZ
Jean June Myall June 1, 1883 Hinsdale, IL After 1931 Evanston, IL?
Olie Irwin Myers November 12, 1888 Humphrey, NE After 1927 Chicago?
Mary Elizabeth Myrick July 20, 1852 Orland, IL November 18, 1933 Chicago
Rocco D. Navigato April 13, 1895 Chicago, IL After 1942 Chicago?
Elizabeth Kimball Nedved October 26, 1897 Chicago April 8, 1969 Northbrook, IL
Louis Alexander Neebe August 18, 1873 Philadelphia July 9, 1935 Chicago
Minnie C. Harms Neebe December 25, 1873 Chicago May 26, 1936 Chicago
Emma C. Goetchius Needham August 12, 1877 Catskill, NY After 1931 Oak Park, IL?
James Bolivar Neeham 1850 Chatham, Ontario January 26, 1931 Chicago
Clarence Ellsworth Neeld May 7, 1895 New Albany, IN January 1971 Hardy, AR
F. William Neuenfeldt January 2, 1877 Germany After 1931 Chicago?
Clyde James Neuman ? After 1915 Hinsdale, IL
Albert D. Neville 1895 Watertown, NY After 1920 Chicago?
Lane Kay Newberry November 8, 1896 Argyle, IA 1961 Nauvoo, IL
Anna C. Newell ? After 1881 Chicago?
Helen Newell ? After 1881 Chicago?
Charles A. Nicolai June 9, 1857 Indianapolis, IN February 19, 1942 Chicago
John Joseph Noerdinger January 3, 1895 Nagem, Luxembourg October 13, 1963 River Forest, IL
François R. E. Noga December 5, 1892 Silesia, Austria May 8, 1988 Scappoose, OR
John Thomas Nolf July 23, 1871 Allentown, PA May 28, 1950 Dixon, IL
Carl Albert Nordberg October 19, 1895 Chicago December 15, 1979 Morton Grove, IL
John Warner Norton March 7, 1876 Lockport, IL January 7, 1934 Charleston, SC
Ruth F. Nutting 1861 Randolph, VT After 1918 Wheaton ?
Pierre Josef Nuyttens August 7, 1885 Antwerp, Belgium January 9, 1960 Chicago
Arvid Frederick Nyholm July 12, 1866 Stockholm November 14, 1927 Chicago
Gretta Nyholm August 18, 1897 New York City October 31, 1985 Morton Grove, IL
Katie Louise Oakes May 31, 1858 Hillsdale, MI August 8, 1937 Chicago
Daniel J. O'Brien ? Belvidere, IL After 1947 Belvidere?
John Williams O'Brien Before 1830 Dublin? After 1871 Chicago?
Lizzie O'Connell ? Iowa After 1893, Chicago?
Frederick D. Ogden November 22, 1892 Augusta, GA July 25, 1948 Wisconsin
David Okanoff April 25, 1886 After 1917 Chicago?
Carl Victor Olsen June 18, 1893  Vännäs, Sweden 1936 Chicago?
Albert S. Olson 1870 Chicago After 1916 Los Angeles, CA?
Adolf Anderson Opstad 1890 Oslo, Norway After 1940 Chicago?
Gregory Orloff March 17, 1890 Kiev, Russia July 1981 Union Pier, MI
A. Gertrude Orrick-Semmes ? After 1913 Chicago?
Erel F. Osborn November 16, 1897 Galesburg, IL January 11, 1989 Chicago
Samuel Ostrowsky May 5, 1886 Malin, Russia December 26, 1946 Chicago
Frederick Charles Oswald November 21, 1875 Chicago Heights, IL After 1913 Chgo. Heights?
Walt Otto 1895 Horicon, Wisconsin 1963 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Karl Peter Andreas Ouren February 5, 1882 Fredrikshald,Norway January 3, 1943  Chicago
Charles Alexander Overall August 14, 1894 Chicago April 1977 Lake Geneva, WI
Vilette Windett Overly ? After 1904 Chicago?
Charles Kent Owen 1874 After 1905 Chicago?
Lillian Owen January 19, 1849 Courtland, NY September 5, 1929 Bloomington, IL