Background
Kihn, William Langdon was born on September 5, 1898 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Alfred Charles and Carrie Lowe (Peck) Kihn.
Kihn, William Langdon was born on September 5, 1898 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Alfred Charles and Carrie Lowe (Peck) Kihn.
Educated Art Students League, 1916-1917, private teacher. Pupil of Homer Boss, Winold Reiss.
Painter, specializing in portraits of Indians. One-man exhibitions: Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1921. Milwaukee The Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.
Denver Art Association, 1922.
University of Oklahoma, 1923. Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1923.
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1923. University of Washington, 1923.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, 1925.
Art Alliance of New York, 1925. House of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada, 1925. Art Museum of Minneapolis, 1927.
Saint Paul (Minnesota) Public Library, 1927.
Also many others in clubs, galleries, hotels, et cetera Group exhibitions: National Academy Design and Architectural League, New New York
Brooklyn Museum of Arts. Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
Permanent exhibitions: Ohio State University, University of Oklahoma, Litchfield (Connecticut) Museum, Provincial Museum of British Columbia, McGill University, Montreal, Ottawa National Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery, Royal Ontario Museum, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Thompson Memorial Museum. Private collections; permanent collection 60 paintings given Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, by Edward Lyman Bill Foundation Books illustrated: Beaver, Kings and Cabins (by Constance Lindsay Skinner). Dawn Boy of the Pueblo (by Lena Becker Scott).
Desert Wife (by Hilda Faunce).
Indian Days in the Rockies (by Marius Barbeau). When Red Men Ruled Our Forests, 24 paintings in National Geography Magazine, November 1937.
Red Men of the Southwest, 25 paintings in National Geography Magazine, November 1940. Indians of Our Western Plains, 16 paintings in National Geography Magazine, July, 1944.
Totem Pole Builders, 16 paintings in National Geography Magazine, January 1945.
First Familes of South.E. America, 8 paintings, National Geography Magazine, January 1946. Works also include portraits of Doctor Alexis Carrell, Ruth Saint Denis, Ted Shawn, Ex-governor Cross. of Connecticut and Guy Wiggins.
Member Connecticut State Fine Arts Commission. Fellow American Geography Society, Royal Society Arts (London). Member National Geography Society.
Clubs: Explorers (honorary life), Salmagundi, Century Assocation (New York).
Married Helen Van Tine Butler, June 3, 1920.