William Keith, Landscape

William Keith

American · 1838–1911 · Painter, Printmaker

William Keith was a Scottish-American painter famous for his California landscapes. He is associated with Tonalism and the American Barbizon school. Although most of his career… (Wikipedia)

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  1. William Keith, Land's End, 1873, oil on canvasLand's EndBonhams · $192,000≈ £93,860≈ €130,453Sign up to see
  2. William Keith, High Sierra Canyon, 1876, oil on canvasHigh Sierra CanyonBonhams · $128,250≈ £65,813≈ €97,329Sign up to see
  3. William Keith, Kings River, circa 1878, oil on canvasKings RiverCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $99,450≈ £63,449≈ €81,516Sign up to see

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William Keith was a Scottish-American painter famous for his California landscapes. He is associated with Tonalism and the American Barbizon school. Although most of his career was spent in California, he started out in New York, made two extended study trips to Europe, and had a studio in Boston in 1871–72 and one in New York in 1880.

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Born 1838, OldmeldrumDied 1911, BerkeleyOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q3688068 ↗ULAN 500010110 ↗Museum works 15

Tonalism

Also known as Keith, w. keith

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

William Keith, Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point
Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point1879 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Scott Scammell, 1952 — Open Acce…
William Keith, Approaching Storm
Approaching Storm1880 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Scott Scammell, 1951 — Open Acce…
William Keith, In the Sierras, A Pack Train
In the Sierras, A Pack Trainpen and brown ink with gray wash on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Davis Hatch Collection — Open Acces…
William Keith, Sierra Storm
Sierra Storm1880
Birmingham Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museum of Art
William Keith, Approaching Storm
Approaching Storm1880
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
William Keith, Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point
Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point1879
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
William Keith, The Glory of the Heavens
The Glory of the Heavens1891
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ↗
CC0 · William Keith, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
William Keith, Hetch Hetchy Side Canyon II
Hetch Hetchy Side Canyon II1908
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
William Keith, California Ranch
California Ranch1908
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
William Keith, Hetch Hetchy Side Canyon, I
Hetch Hetchy Side Canyon, I1908
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
William Keith, California Landscape
California Landscape
Museum of Fine Arts Boston ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museum of Fine Arts Boston
William Keith, Landscape
Landscape1868-1900 · Oil on panel
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman — public domain (CC0)
William Keith, Landscape Painting
Landscape Painting1868-1900 · Oil on panel
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman — public domain (CC0)
William Keith, Landscape
Landscape1868-1900 · Oil on panel
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman — public domain (CC0)
William Keith, Landscape
Landscape1868-1900 · Oil on panel
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman — public domain (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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