Miner Kilbourne Kellogg (1814-1889) was an American painter noted for his Orientalist work, an art historian and art collector.

Life and career

Kellogg was born in Manlius Square, New York in 1814. He painted primarily

portraits A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better re ...

figures Figure may refer to: General *A shape, drawing, depiction, or geometric configuration *Figure (wood), wood appearance *Figure (music), distinguished from musical motif * Noise figure, in telecommunication * Dance figure, an elementary dance patte ...

and

landscapes A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...

. At one time he worked as a

courier A courier is a person or organization that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are ...

on behalf of the

United States Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy of the United State ...

. As a courier he traveled to Europe. Kellogg also was a

land surveyor Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. These points are usually on the ...

in Texas. He also was an

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

and an

art collector A private collection is a privately owned collection of works (usually artworks) or valuable items. In a museum or art gallery context, the term signifies that a certain work is not owned by that institution, but is on loan from an individual ...

. His personal art collection included works attributed to

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 - 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested o ...

and

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...

. He died in

Toledo, Ohio Toledo ( ) is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the western end of Lake Erie along the Maumee River. Toledo is the List of cities in Ohio, fourth-most populous city in Ohio and List of United Sta ...

in 1889. His archives are held in the collections of the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

and the

Indiana Historical Society The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is one of the United States' oldest and largest historical societies. It describes itself as "Indiana's Storyteller". It is housed in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center at 450 West Ohio Stree ...

. In 1851 he was elected into the

National Academy of Design The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Frederick Styles Agate, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, an ...

as an Honorary Academician.

Notable collections

*''Persian Women'',

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM; formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's lar ...

, Washington, D.C.

Works

File:Miner Kilbourne Kellogg - Head of an Arab Girl - 1992.66.2 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg, ''Head of an Arab Girl,'' Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Miner Kilbourne Kellogg - Jerusalem, Israel - 1991.56.196 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg, ''Jerusalem, Israel, '' Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Miner Kilbourne Kellogg - Armenian Lady, Pera - 1991.56.46 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg, ''Armenian Lady, Pera,'' Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Armenian Girl of Pera SAAM-1991.56.177 1.tif, ''Armenian Girl of Pera'', Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Peasant Woman SAAM-1991.56.135 1.jpg, ''Peasant Woman'', Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Persian Girl SAAM-1991.56.79 1.jpg, ''Persian Girl,'' Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Persian Woman SAAM-1991.56.64 1.jpg, ''Persian Woman,'' Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Persian Woman SAAM-1991.56.66 1.jpg, ''Persian Women,'' Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Miner Kilbourne Kellogg - Persian Women - 1991.56.108 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg, ''Persian Women,'' Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Miner Kilbourne Kellogg - Turk, Azani - 1991.56.78 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg, ''Turk, Azani,'' Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Turkish Girl of Constantinople SAAM-1991.56.153 1.jpg, ''Turkish Girl of Constantinople'', Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Zaneqo Seferbiy.jpg,

Seferbiy Zaneqo Seferbiy Zaneqo (1798 – 1 January 1860), or Sefer Pasha, was a Circassian diplomat and military commander who served as the 5th leader of the Circassian Confederation from 1859 to 1860. He took part in the Russo-Circassian War both in a mili ...

File:Head_of_a_Lady_SAAM-1991.56.179_1.jpg, ''Head of a Lady'', Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Greek_Lady,_Brusa_SAAM-1991.56.147_1.jpg, ''Greek Lady, Brusa'', Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Greek Lady, Pera SAAM-1991.56.80 1.jpg, ''Greek Lady, Pera'', Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Greek Girl at the English Palace, Pera SAAM-1991.56.59 1.jpg, ''Greek Girl at the English Palace, Pera'', Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Greek Costume of Troy SAAM-1991.56.58 1.jpg, ''Greek Costume of Troy'', Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Consumptive Young Lady of New Orleans SAAM-1992.66.24 1.jpg, ''Consumptive Young Lady of New Orleans'', Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Two Women in an Italian Landscape SAAM-1974.68 1.jpg, ''Two Women in an Italian Landscape'', 1854 oil painting, Smithsonian American Art Museum File:Miner Kilbourne Kellogg 1840 Andrew Jackson SAAM 1910.10.2.jpg, ''Former President Andrew Jackson'', 1840 oil painting, Smithsonian Museum of American Art File:JamesKPolk1840.jpg, ''Governor James K. Polk of Tennessee'', 1840 oil painting, Cincinnati Museum of Art

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kellogg, Miner Kilbourne 1814 births 1889 deaths 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American art historians American male painters American portrait painters American surveyors Artists from Toledo, Ohio American art collectors American Orientalist painters Painters from New York (state) Painters from Ohio Historians from Ohio