ALBERT

See also:

• ALBERT KELLER (1845- )
• KELLER, GOTTFRIED (1819-1890)
• KELLER, HELEN ADAMS (188o- )

KELLER (1845- )  , German painter, was born at Gais, in Switzerland; he studied at the Munich Academy under Lenbach and Ramberg, and must be counted among the leading colourists of the modern German school . Travels in Italy, France, England and Holland, and a prolonged sojourn in Paris, helped to develop his style, which is marked by a sense of elegance and refinement all too rare in German art . His scenes of society life, such as the famous " Dinner " (189o), are painted with thoroughly Parisian esprit, and his portraits are marked by the same elegant distinction . He is particularly successful in the rendering of rustling silk and satin dresses and draperies . His historical and imaginative works are as modern in spirit and as unacademical as his portraits . At the Munich Pinakothek is his painting " Jairi Tochterlein " (1886), whilst the Konigsberg Museum contains his "Roman Bath," and the Liebieg collection in Reichenberg the " Audience with Louis XV.," the first picture that drew attention to his talent .