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Birth
1821 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Death
1853 (Sevier Lake, Utah)
Lived/Active
Pennsylvania/Kansas
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survey artist, Indian figure and genre sketching
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Taos Pre 1940
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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Richard Kern exhibited landscape and figure studies beginning 1840 in Philadelphia where he was a drawing instructor and known for accuracy and detailing in drawing. As one of three Philadelphia brothers who were survey artists, he spent much of his career in the American West. Indians killed two of the brothers including Richard, age 32, by Paiute Indians on October 26, 1853 near Sevier Lake, Utah.
His first trip West included his bro (showing 500 of 3120 characters). |
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