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
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from 1948–49 and at
St Martin's School of Art
Saint Martin's School of Art was an art school, 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 beca ...
from 1949–53, where he taught from 1954 onwards.
Career
Kinley has eight works in the permanent collection of the
Tate Gallery
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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.
References
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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