Amalia Küssner Coudert (March 26, 1863 – May 1932) was an American artist from Terre Haute, Indiana, who is best known for her portrait miniatures of prominent American and European figures of the late 19th and early 20th century. Subjects for her paintings include actresses Lillian Russell and Marie Tempest; wealthy socialites Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, Emily Havemeyer (the wife of Theodore Havemeyer); members of Britain's royal family and London society such as King Edward VII, Alice Keppel, and Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough; as well as members of the Russian royal family, including Czar Nicholas II and his wife, Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna; and wealthy industrialists such as Cecil Rhodes. Early life and education Amalia "Amalie" Küssner was born on March 26, 1863, in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to German immigrants, Lorenz and Emilie (Weinhardt) Küssner. The family, including Amalia's older siblings, Albert and Louisa, lived briefly in Greencastle, Indiana, before moving to Terre Haute, Indiana, on February 24, 1864. At Terre Haute, Lorenze Küssner ran the Palace of Music, a musical instrument repair shop at 213 Ohio Street. In 1867, after a fire destroyed the building, the Küssner music business moved to 219 Ohio Street, where the family lived in an apartment above the shop. Lorenz Küssnergave his daughter her first a miniature portrait on ivory when she was twelve years old. She enjoyed sketching the local scenery and began painting her own miniature portraits of family and friends on pieces of ivory, often from the discarded piano keys of damaged pianos. Küssner attended local elementary schools in Terre Haute and studied art in 1872–74 with Sister Maurice Schnell at Saint Mary's Academy, which later became Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Küssnergraduated from Terre Haute High School in June 1881. From 1883 to 1885, she continued her education at the boarding school of Madame Da Saliva and Mrs. Bradford in New York. After returning to Terre Haute, Küssner studied under local tutor Helen Minshall, became a charter member of the city's Decorative Arts Society, established an art studio, and began her career as a painter of portrait miniatures. Marriage Küssner met Charles duPont Coudert, a wealthy international lawyer, during a trip to Paris, France, in March 1896. Their courtship was interrupted in 1898 due to his military service in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War, but it resumed after his return to the United States in 1899. On July 4, 1900, Küssner married