Arthur I. Keller
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Arthur Ignatius Keller (July 4, 1867 New York City – December 2, 1924 Riverdale, New York) was a United States painter and illustrator. His parents were Adam and Amanda Spohr Keller.[1] He took up drawing at the
He won awards including the First Class Medal at the National Academy, Hallgarten composition prize, the Philadelphia Art Club gold medal, Paris Exposition of 1900 silver medal.
Two years later he won the Evans water color prize. At the St. Louis Exposition of 1904 he won gold and silver medals. In San Francisco he was awarded the gold medal of the Panama Pacific International Exposition.[2][3]
At that point he turned almost exclusively to being an illustrator for the New York Herald.
Keller eventually gave up work for newspapers and magazines to provide book illustrations for authors such as F. Hopkinson Smith,
Inspiration for Ku Klux Klan Uniform
His work with Dixon providing illustrations for
Death
Keller died from pneumonia after a walk on Thanksgiving[citation needed].
References
- ProQuest 103344357.
- ^ "Illustrators: Arthur I. Keller". JVJ Publishing. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- ^ Kinney, Alison (8 January 2016). "How the Klan Got Its Hood". The New Republic. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Did The KKK Steal Their Uniforms From Africans?". 23 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
External links
- Works by Arthur Ignatius Keller at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Arthur Ignatius Keller (illustrator) at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Arthur I. Keller at Internet Archive
- Arthur Keller's bio and Sherlock Holmes works
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