Peter Kinley Explained

Peter Kinley (16 July 1926 - 1988)[1] was a British artist.

Early life and education

He was born Peter Nikolaus Arthur Eduard Schwarz in Vienna on 16 July 1926.[2] 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 from 1949–53, where he taught from 1954 onwards.

Career

Kinley has eight works in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery.

Personal life

After the war, he married his second cousin, fellow artist Monika Wolf, also from an Austrian Jewish family.[3] She would become an art dealer, curator and collector.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Kinley 1926–1988. Tate website. 5 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Peter Kinley (1926-1988). Osborne Samuel. 5 May 2014.
  3. News: Dempsey. Andrew. Monika Kinley obituary. 5 May 2014. The Guardian. 6 April 2014.