Henry George Keller Art

American, 1870-1949

Keller, a leading painter in Cleveland, was born at sea, off Nova Scotia on April 3, 1869. His earliest training was in Karlsruhe, Germany under Hermann Baisch (1846-1894), then at the Cleveland School of Art, the Cincinnati Fine Arts Academy and the Art Students League in New York. The young artist was an apprentice at the W. J. Morgan Lithograph Company, also in Cleveland. Keller polished off his art instruction at the Munich Academy (1899-1902) with Heinrich Johann Zügel (1850-1941), chiefly an animal painter. There he would have rubbed shoulders with Walt Kuhn. At the end of his stay in Munich, he won a silver medal. His watercolor, Santa Maria della Salute, in a private collection, is in the tradition of John Singer Sargent. According to Arthur Covey, Keller was back in Munich in 1904-05, and he mentioned a painting called Storm-frightened Animals (Weimer, 1940, pp. 570-572). In Munich, Keller also met William Sommer, a future Cleveland post-impressionist. Back in America, Keller immediately found a job at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh then he taught at his alma mater, the Cleveland School of Art until 1945. In Cleveland, remarked Keller (in Milliken, 1950), there was "a kind of pale, timid, watered Impressionism" and he reacted against it. Charles Burchfield, one of his more famous students, studied at the Cleveland School of Art between 1912 and 1916, when Keller was studying Asian art and showing modernist tendencies, having surpassed impressionism. Keller was also an enthusiast of Diaghelev's Ballets Russes, which he saw on their American tour. He studied the psychology of color with Dr. J. J. R. Macleod and underwent Cézanne's influence. Also at that time, Keller exhibited two works at the Armory Show — Wisdom and Destiny (Cleveland Museum of Art) and The Valley (unlocated). The former shows Keller's more traditional, intellectual side, with its classical allegorical figures in a stormy landscape. The theme was inspired by one of Maurice Maeterlinck's essays. Keller's modernism is revealed in the contemporary watercolor entitled Sunflower, in the same museum, which recalls some of the bravura of the free brushwork of John Marin. Keller was part of a group called the Cleveland Independents. The list of Keller's exhibition activities is truly amazing — from local venues in Cleveland to Chicago (including a special show of his wash drawings in May of 1920), Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York, his works were on view year by year. The Cleveland Museum of Art presented him with awards on numerous occasions and in 1939, he was elected to the National Academy of Design. That year, his painting Circus Day was on display at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, while at the New York World's Fair in 1939, his Horse Barn appeared in the exhibition of contemporary artists. Here the horses are closer to those of German Expressionist Franz Marc than to those of Degas. The Whitney Museum has Keller's charcoal and watercolor, Bird Rock, California (1925). The painter died in San Diego, on August 3, 1949.

Artist: Henry George Keller

Henry George Kelleruntitled (polo player on horseback), n.d.

$300

untitled (polo player on horseback)

By Henry George Keller

Located in Fairlawn, OH

untitled (polo player on horseback) Chalk on tan paper, c. 1920 Unsigned Provenance: Gift of the artist William McGill (Keller's student) Image size: 4 3/8 x 5 ...

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1920s American Impressionist Henry George Keller Art

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Chalk

Henry George KellerCattle Series Study, Early 20th Century Bovine/Cow, Cleveland School artist, 1901

$6,500

Cattle Series Study, Early 20th Century Bovine/Cow, Cleveland School artist

By Henry George Keller

Located in Beachwood, OH

Henry George Keller (American, 1868-1949) Cattle Series Study, 1901 Oil on canvas Signed verso 22 x 26 inches 28.5 x 33 inches, framed Keller, a leading painter in Cleveland, was born at sea, off Nova Scotia on April 3, 1869. His earliest training was in Karlsruhe, Germany under Hermann Baisch (1846-1894), then at the Cleveland School of Art...

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Early 1900s Henry George Keller Art

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Oil

Henry George KellerReclining Female Nude, c. 1948

$950

Reclining Female Nude

By Henry George Keller

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Reclining Female Nude Charcoal and colored chalks with white highlights on tan laid paper, c. 1948 Signed and monogrammed by the artist lower right (see photo) A masterpiece dr...

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1940s American Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Chalk

Henry George Kelleruntitled (Lost Ship in a Misty Sea)

$1,250

untitled (Lost Ship in a Misty Sea)

By Henry George Keller

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Signed and monogrammed by the artist lower left

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Henry George Keller Art

Henry George KellerReclining Female Nude, c. 1948

$950

Reclining Female Nude

By Henry George Keller

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Reclining Female Nude Charcoal and colored chalks with white highlights on tan laid paper, c. 1948 Signed and monogrammed by the artist lower right (see photo) A masterpiece dr...

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1940s American Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Chalk

Louise LaplanteRaven Reads the Lines: Chalk Drawing of Black Bird on Vintage Book Pages, 2019

$3,000

H 25 in W 37 in

Raven Reads the Lines: Chalk Drawing of Black Bird on Vintage Book Pages

Located in Hudson, NY

Raven Reads the Lines (Chalk Drawing of Black Bird on Vintage Book Pages) by Louise Laplante chalk on vintage collaged book pages. Artwork measures ...

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2010s Contemporary Henry George Keller Art

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Paper, Chalk

Robert Noel BlairNude Picnic Virgin Islands, 1969

$2,800

H 22 in W 30 in

Nude Picnic Virgin Islands

By Robert Noel Blair

Located in Buffalo, NY

Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher. He is best known for his rural life & desert landscapes and World War II sc...

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1960s American Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

John LearJohn Lear Male Nude American Modernist Watercolor Landscape Gay Male Nude, 1985

$3,200

H 17 in W 16 in

John Lear Male Nude American Modernist Watercolor Landscape Gay Male Nude

Located in New York, NY

John Brock Lear, Jr., an American Modernist artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His works are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Woodmere Art Museum, the D...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Graphite

Timothy ArcherNarcissus paradigm shift Timothy Archer 21st Century Contemporary painting blue, 2021

$6,742

H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.97 in

Narcissus paradigm shift Timothy Archer 21st Century Contemporary painting blue

By Timothy Archer

Located in Paris, FR

Oil paint on cvanvas Signed lower left

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2010s Contemporary Henry George Keller Art

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Canvas, Oil

Walter Burt AdamsA Striking, 1920s American Modern Studio Figure Study, Young Male Nude Model, circa 1925

$345

H 28 in W 22 in D 0.13 in

A Striking, 1920s American Modern Studio Figure Study, Young Male Nude Model

By Walter Burt Adams

Located in Chicago, IL

A Large, Striking, 1920s Studio Figure Study of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A well executed, intimate figur...

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1920s American Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Paper, Charcoal

Jockeys at the Rail, 1969

Sold|~~$1,850~~

H 39 in W 63.25 in D 1.75 in

Jockeys at the Rail

Located in San Francisco, CA

There’s an instant in a competitive horse race—whether it’s at Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga or Belmont—of the utmost ferocity. That’s when the riders are jamm...

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1960s Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Canvas, Oil

Audrey AnastasiAdonis, pastel drawing on oversize black paper, muscular male nude, 1984

$1,800

H 40 in W 32 in D 0.1 in

Adonis, pastel drawing on oversize black paper, muscular male nude

By Audrey Anastasi

Located in Brooklyn, NY

These recently discovered 1983-84 oversize pastels on archival papers were created working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the last existing obs...

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2010s American Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Pastel, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Omer Ferdi SahingilCalifornia Figurative School Berkeley San Francisco Two Figures by Omer Sahingil, 1945

$2,650

H 30 in W 24 in D 0.25 in

California Figurative School Berkeley San Francisco Two Figures by Omer Sahingil

By Omer Ferdi Sahingil

Located in Soquel, CA

A commanding monochrome charcoal work, Turkish-American artist Ömer Şahingil (Turkish/American, 1915-1976) delivers a rigorous study of the human physique, cultural identity, and arc...

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1940s American Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Charcoal, Laid Paper

Walter Burt AdamsA Striking, 1920s American Modern Studio Figure Study, Young Male Nude Model, circa 1925

$345

H 28 in W 22 in D 0.13 in

A Striking, 1920s American Modern Studio Figure Study, Young Male Nude Model

By Walter Burt Adams

Located in Chicago, IL

A Large, Striking, 1920s Studio Figure Study of a Seated Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A well executed, intimate figurat...

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1920s American Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Paper, Charcoal

John KochMale Torso

$2,223

H 20.08 in W 26.78 in D 1.19 in

Male Torso

By John Koch

Located in London, GB

Pencil, coloured pencil and chalk on paper, titled (lower left), signed (lower right), 31cm x 46cm, (51cm x 68cm framed). John Koch was an American painter and teacher, and an impo...

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1950s American Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil

Thelma Fike RodehorstOriginal Mid-Century Red Farmhouse Watercolor Landscape Painting, 1940

$680Sale Price|20% Off

H 15 in W 18 in D 1 in

Original Mid-Century Red Farmhouse Watercolor Landscape Painting

By Thelma Fike Rodehorst

Located in Soquel, CA

Original Mid-Century Red Farmhouse Watercolor Landscape Painting Beautiful mid-century 1940's watercolor of a bucolic farmhouse scene - sunset, undul...

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1940s American Impressionist Henry George Keller Art

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Watercolor, Laid Paper

Jackson Lee NesbittMale Lying Nude Drawing, Graphite on Paper, American Modern, Signed, 1936

$250

H 8 in W 6 in

Male Lying Nude Drawing, Graphite on Paper, American Modern, Signed

By Jackson Lee Nesbitt

Located in New Orleans, LA

Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. This is a drawing from the artist's sketchbooks. This pencil drawing shows a nude male in repose, The drawing is dated November 30 '36 (1936). Clearly the works are authentic and this sketch is signed "Jackson Lee Nesbitt...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Henry George Keller Art

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Graphite

Previously Available Items

Henry George KellerLady Godiva

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H 7.25 in W 10.5 in

Lady Godiva

By Henry George Keller

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Unsigned; Titled by the artist verso Provenance: Gift of the artist to William McGill, artist, author and educator

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20th Century Henry George Keller Art

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Graphite, Paper

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