Author: CT State Library

Kullberg, Webster C. (?)Nothing is known about Webster C. Kullberg except that he worked for the WPA Federal Arts Project from 1940-1941, that he completed 16 easel works in oil, and that he lived in Westport, Connecticut during this time. Source: WPA Artist’s Work Card.Works of Art Listed in CT Archives' database from Webster Kullberg:The Goat Farm:oilBoy Fishing:oilStorm...

Kravitt, Samuel (1913-2000)Samuel Kravitt was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1913. In 1929 he dropped out of high school intending to become a pilot but decided to pursue a career in photography after borrowing a World War I aerial camera. He opened his first portrait studio in 1932. Under the WPA Federal Arts Project he was one of four photographers. Ten of his photographs ...

Korder, Walter O. R. (1891-1962)Walter Korder was born in Berlin, Germany in 1891. When he was eighteen months old his parents immigrated to the United States, settling in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended local schools and classes at the Hartford Art Society. He received one of four scholarships awarded in the U.S. to attend the Royal Academy in Munich, Germany. After graduat...

Kelsey, Luman P. (1906-?)Luman P. Kelsey was born in Denver, Colorado in 1906. He studied art in high school and attended a private school. Prior to the Depression he was a portrait photographer. In 1931 he wed Dorothea Story and moved to North Canton, Connecticut. Totally self-taught, Kelsey started a ceramics studio and kiln of his own in 1934. Before working for the WPA Fede...

Kinney, Troy (1871-1938)Troy Kinney was an illustrator, painter, etcher, and print maker/graphic artist. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on December 1, 1871. He lived in Chicago before attending the Yale School of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1896. He also studied at the Chicago Art Institute. Kinney married Margaret West, who was also an artist, and they collaborated ...

Killam, Walter (“Walt”) Milton (1907-1979)Walt Killam was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1907. His WPA biography stated that he “earned his way through High School by conducting a dance orchestra.” He attended the Rhode Island School of Design from 1924-1928. He told the WPA that “he has succeeded in art only by forgetting, through work, the credos that were thrust upon hi...

Kellogg, Estelle (?)Little is known about Estelle Kellogg except that she exhibited art at the Darien Guild of the Seven Arts. She worked for the WPA’s predecessor, the Public Works of Art Project, and for the WPA Federal Arts Project, completing the mural Art Education of Children for the Rice School in Stamford, Connecticut. Her dates of birth and death are unknown. There is ...

Keeler, Louis Bertrand Rolston (1882-?)Rolston Keeler was born November, 1882, in New York City. He studied at the National Academy of Design for five years and for one season at the Chase School. He moved to Connecticut in 1928. He was one of the most prolific painters for the Connecticut WPA Federal Arts Project, creating 276 watercolors of Connecticut landscapes, 33 pencil s...

Katzenstein, Irving (1902-1973)Irving Katzenstein was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1902 and remained a resident there for his entire life. He attended classes at the Hartford Art School and studied under Albertus E. Jones. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts studying under Arthur B Carles. Even after Carles was dismissed from the Academy, Katzenstein and ...

Jones, Rebecca Field (1905-2002)Rebecca Field Jones was born Rebecca Field in Montague, Massachusetts on March 13, 1905. She graduated from Turner Falls High School in 1923 and attended Massachusetts State College for one year. She then spent a year or more studying in a private studio in Munich, Germany. In 1933 Jones co-founded the West Hartford Art League and Art Center wher...