Peter Kinley (16 July 1926 - 1988) was a British artist.

Early life and education

He was born Peter Nikolaus Arthur Eduard Schwarz in Vienna on 16 July 1926. He was one of the Jewish children evacuated to England on a Kindertransport in 1938. He served in the British Army from 1944–48. After that, he studied at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1948–49 and at

St Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's became part of t ...

from 1949–53, where he taught from 1954 onwards.

Career

Kinley has eight works in the permanent collection of the

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Personal life

After the war, he married his second cousin, fellow artist Monika Wolf, also from an Austrian Jewish family. She would become an art dealer, curator and collector.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinley, Peter 1926 births 1988 deaths British artists Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss to the United Kingdom Kindertransport refugees Academics of Saint Martin's School of Art