Ferdinand Keller (painter)
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Ferdinand Keller (born 5 August 1842 in Karlsruhe; died 8 July 1922 in Baden-Baden) was a German painter.
Biography
He was educated at Karlsruhe. In 1857, he accompanied his father and brother to Brazil, and there sketched diligently from nature in the tropical forests until 1862, when he became a student of landscape painting under Schirmer in Karlsruhe, and of figure painting under Canon in Karlsruhe in 1863. He studied in Rome from 1863 to 1867. In 1881, he was appointed director of the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. He ranked among the chief representatives of colorism in Germany.
Works
His works embrace Brazilian landscapes, allegorical and historical paintings and portraits. Among his sitters were members of the Imperial family. His ‘Death of Philip II’ (1867), won first prize at the International Art Exposition in Rio de Janeiro, and his ‘Burning of Rome under Nero’ was awarded a medal at the Vienna Exposition in 1873. He became more widely known through his successful competition for the painting of the curtain in the New Theatre at Dresden, which he executed in 1876. Among other works are ‘Victory of Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden over the Turks at Salankamen, 1691’ (1879), ‘Hero Finding the Body of Leander’ (1880), ‘Triumphal Progress of Pallas Athene before Elector Ruprect’ (1886, in the aula of the University of Heidelberg) and ‘Apotheosis of William the Victorious’ (1888).
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References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Keller, Ferdinand". Encyclopedia Americana.
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