Brief Biography-Cornelius David Krieghoff was born in Amsterdam in 1815. He studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts after being instructed by his father. In 1836, he sailed to America, served a few years in the United States Army, and went to Canada in the early 1880s. He visited Paris, where he received instruction from Michel Martin Drölling, son of Martin Drölling, and he frequently moved between Canada and Europe, spending time in Germany and Italy. He painted in Montreal and Quebec, and in 1871, he settled in Chicago for the remainder of his days. Krieghoff is famed for his paintings of Indians and the frontier winter landscapes of North America.