Background
Keyser, Ephraim was born on October 6, 1850 in Baltimore. Son of Moses and Bertha (Preiss) Keyser.
Keyser, Ephraim was born on October 6, 1850 in Baltimore. Son of Moses and Bertha (Preiss) Keyser.
He was educated at the City College of Baltimore and studied art in the Maryland Academy of Arts in 1871-1872.
He remained there until 1876, when he moved to Berlin, and entered the studio of Albert Wolff, under whose guidance he modeled a figure of Psyche, for which he gained the Michael Beer prize, enabling him to spend a year in Italy. In 1887 he returned to the United States, and lived in New York City until 1893. He then resided in Baltimore, where he became an instructor in modeling at the School of Fine Arts.
His studio was located at the David Bachrach House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.