Artist

Edward Meyer Kern

born Philadelphia, PA 1823-died Philadelphia, PA 1863
Also known as
  • Edward Kern
  • Edward M. Kern
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Biography

The surveyor John C. Frémont hired Edward Meyer Kern to accompany him as a topographical illustrator on his third expedition from St. Louis to California. Kern and his two brothers also accompanied Frémont on his fourth expedition following the Mexican War of 1846-48. He later published seventy-two illustrations of Native Americans taken from his travels across the Southwest. Some of these images were reproduced in Henry Rowe Schoolcraft’s Indian Tribes of the United States. Kern was prolific, but his career was cut short by health problems. He was an epileptic and died at age forty.

Works by this artist (4 items)

Richard Fairbanks, Bowl, 1975, stoneware with temmoku glaze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Richard Fairbanks, 1991.181.1
Bowl
Date1975
stoneware with temmoku glaze
Not on view
Richard Fairbanks, Plate, 1962, glazed stoneware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Richard Fairbanks, 1991.181.2
Plate
Date1962
glazed stoneware
Not on view
Richard Fairbanks, Vase, 1967, stoneware and glaze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Richard Fairbanks in honor of Thomas and Diann Weinman, 2014.46.2, © Dixie Parker-Fairbanks
Vase
Date1967
stoneware and glaze
Not on view
Richard Fairbanks, Urn, 1950s, stoneware and glaze with slip, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dixie Parker-Fairbanks, 2014.46.1A-B, © Dixie Parker-Fairbanks
Urn
Date1950s
stoneware and glaze with slip
Not on view