Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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 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 Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Gwen WongOf Wonder, 2025

$675

H 12 in W 12 in

Of Wonder

By Gwen Wong

Located in Atlanta, GA

Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...

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2010s Contemporary Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Hunt Slonem2 Butterflies, Oil Painting on Wood, Framed, Signed, Post-Modern, 2025

$8,000

H 10 in W 8 in

2 Butterflies, Oil Painting on Wood, Framed, Signed, Post-Modern

By Hunt Slonem

Located in PARIS, FR

Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on Wood Framed size: 14.5 x 12.5 inches Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Signed Verso, titled and dated. Please note that...

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2010s Post-Modern Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Temistocle Lamesi Early 20th Century Signed Italian Painting, 1900 ca.

$1,636

H 15.36 in W 19.3 in D 2.37 in

Early 20th Century Signed Italian Painting

Located in Roma, IT

A beautiful and evocative oil painting on wood by the great Italian artist who lived between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It depicts with rare effectiveness a...

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Early 1900s Italian School Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Gwen WongTiny Sanctuary, 2025

$525

H 8 in W 8 in

Tiny Sanctuary

By Gwen Wong

Located in Atlanta, GA

Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...

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2010s Contemporary Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Luis Alexander Rodríguez (Ie-Xiua)Vibrant Air Animals: Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas, 2023

$600

H 19.3 in W 20.48 in D 0.4 in

Vibrant Air Animals: Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas

Located in Bogotá, Bogotá

Oil on canvas. Everything is connected, the visible and the invisible. The composition presents a fusion of animals and human faces, creating a central figure, in a contrast of colou...

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2010s Contemporary Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Sydney KendrickGenre oil painting of women & dog outside a country house in winter, C1910

$6,274

H 32.75 in W 26.5 in D 2.75 in

Genre oil painting of women & dog outside a country house in winter

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

Sydney Kendrick British, (1874-1955) Going for a Walk Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 25.75 inches x 19.5 inches Size including frame: 32.75 inches x 26.5 inches Provenance: Jack & Boyle, 23 Market Street, Brighton, Sussex A lovely genre painting of a woman outside a country house with a dog by Sydney Kendrick. A young woman can be seen dressed for a wintry day in a green velvet cloak over a brown dress and holds a fur muffler in her hands. She is shown walking down the snow covered stone steps of a country house followed by a black and tan rough collie. Sydney Percy Kendrick was born on 17 September, 1874. Little is known about his early life, however he is believed to have studied art in Paris. By the early 1900’s he was living in London where he set up a studio at 3D Warwick Avenue, Maida Vale known as Fulthorpe Studios. He began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1903 and later at the New Society of Artists in Suffolk Street. Kendrick became known for his genre paintings featuring women and also painted portraits of well-known people including the Duke of Devonshire, Marquess of Lansdowne, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Cecil John Rhodes...

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Early 20th Century Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hunt SlonemMottled Sky, Oil on Wood, Painting, Signed, 10x8 in, framed, 2025

$8,000

H 10 in W 8 in

Mottled Sky, Oil on Wood, Painting, Signed, 10x8 in, framed

By Hunt Slonem

Located in PARIS, FR

An original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem in oil on wood. Oil on Wood Signed verso, titled and dated Framed Please note that Hunt Slonem paintings with frames may show signs of...

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2010s Post-Modern Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Gwen WongSoft and Diffused, 2025

$1,550

H 16 in W 16 in

Soft and Diffused

By Gwen Wong

Located in Atlanta, GA

Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...

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2010s Contemporary Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Gwen WongAbode, 2025

$525

H 8 in W 8 in

Abode

By Gwen Wong

Located in Atlanta, GA

Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...

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2010s Contemporary Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem2 Score, Bunnies Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed Verso, 24x20 in, 2025

$17,000

H 24 in W 20 in

2 Score, Bunnies Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed Verso, 24x20 in

By Hunt Slonem

Located in PARIS, FR

Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on canvas, 2025 Signed Verso Bunnies by Hunt Slonem When Hunt Slonem enters his studio each morning, he warms up by painting bunnie...

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2010s Post-Modern Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gwen WongThe Wisdom of Delight

$3,600

H 40 in W 30 in

The Wisdom of Delight

By Gwen Wong

Located in Atlanta, GA

Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...

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2010s Contemporary Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Gold Leaf

J FarrelAntique French Equestrian Oil Painting on wood Titled The Sentinel 1908, 1908

$975

H 8.25 in W 6.5 in D 0.5 in

Antique French Equestrian Oil Painting on wood Titled The Sentinel 1908

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

3882 Antique equestrian with seated rider oil painting on wood panel

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Early 1900s Henry George Keller Figurative Paintings

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Oil

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