Background
Keller, Arthur Ignatius was born on July 4, 1867 in New York, United States. Son of Adam and Matilda (Spohr) Keller.
Keller, Arthur Ignatius was born on July 4, 1867 in New York, United States. Son of Adam and Matilda (Spohr) Keller.
Pupil National Academy Design, Professor Wilmarth, New York, and Professor Loeffts, Munich.
Awarded 1st class medal, National Academy. 1st Hallgarten composition prize. Gold medal, Philadelphia Art Club.
Silver medal, Paris Exposition, 1900.
Evans water color prize, 1902. Gold and silver medals, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Gold medal, Panama Philippine Islands Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Among his best works are: At Mass (bought by Munich Academy), Lead Kindly Light, The Sisters, The Finishing Touches.
Books illustrated: The First American, George Washington.
Jerome—A Poor Manitoba Autobiography of a Quack. The Virginian; Bret Harte’s Stories.
The Law of the Land; The Clansman.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Irving. Etc. Home: Riverdale-on-Hudson, New New York
Married Myra A. C. Hayes, June 20, 1894. Married second, Edith Livingston Mason, June 3, 1908.