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1838 Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 1911 Berkeley, California. Known for: Plein-aire landscape painting, history, genre, portrait.
A native of Scotland, William Keith became in the late 19th and early 20th centuries a leading Northern-California landscape artist. In fact, he was so well known that he is referred to as the "Dean... Read full biography
A native of Scotland, William Keith became in the late 19th and early 20th centuries a leading Northern-California landscape artist. In fact, he was so well known that he is referred to as the "Dean of California painters." His romanticized views of nature found much favor among the culturally... Read full biography
A native of Scotland, William Keith became in the late 19th and early 20th centuries a leading Northern-California landscape artist. In fact, he was so well known that he is referred to as the "Dean of California painters." His romanticized views of nature found much favor among the culturally aspiring citizens of San Francisco and hung in many foyers and dining rooms in their elegant homes. He completed thousands of paintings and drawings, and many of them were lost in his studio in the fire... Read full biography
A native of Scotland, William Keith became in the late 19th and early 20th centuries a leading Northern-California landscape artist. In fact, he was so well known that he is referred to as the "Dean of California painters." His romanticized views of nature found much favor among the culturally aspiring citizens of San Francisco and hung in many foyers and dining rooms in their elegant homes. He completed thousands of paintings and drawings, and many of them were lost in his studio in the fire of 1906. His early works are dramatic mountainscapes in a realistic style adopted from the Dusseldorf School of Germany. The paintings of the last two decades of his life are looser and obviously influenced by his exposure in France to the Barbizon... Read full biography
A native of Scotland, William Keith became in the late 19th and early 20th centuries a leading Northern-California landscape artist. In fact, he was so well known that he is referred to as the "Dean of California painters." His romanticized views of nature found much favor among the culturally aspiring citizens of San Francisco and hung in many foyers and dining rooms in their elegant homes. He completed thousands of paintings and drawings, and many of them were lost in his studio in the fire of 1906. His early works are dramatic mountainscapes in a realistic style adopted from the Dusseldorf School of Germany. The paintings of the last two decades of his life are looser and obviously influenced by his exposure in France to the Barbizon School of landscape painters, who were the first colony of painters to complete paintings "en plein air," or... Read full biography
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Keywords (79)
Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Engraving, Engraver
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Barbizon School of Painting
- •Hudson River School
- •Hudson River School Style of Painting
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Narrative, Story Telling
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Spanish Missions, California
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Alaska Before 1940
- •Barbizon, France
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Colorado Before 1900
- •Europe
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •Mount Hood
- •Mount Rainier
- •Mount Tamalpais, California
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
- •Yosemite National Park
Art Association
- •Bohemian Club
- •San Francisco Art Association-
Art Teacher
- •Carl (Karl) Von Marr
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •Carl S. Dentzel Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
- •Harmsen Western Art Collection
- •Haussner Collection, Baltimore
- •Kahn Collection
- •William Foxley Collection-Western
Added Description
- •Career Interrupted by California Earthquake, Fire 1906
- •Genre Specialty
- •Married to an Artist
- •Narrative Specialty
- •Yosemite Park Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Monterey and Carmel-By-The-Sea
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Del Monte Art Gallery, Monterey
- •MacBeth Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts