The Swiss-born artist Albert von Keller (1844-1920) was a founding
member of the Munich Secession, one of Europe's most influential
artists' associations. Highly regarded as an artist in both Europe
and America at the turn of the last century, Keller was a
flamboyant figure known for his fascination with the occult.
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker places Keller's modern treatment of
enigmatic subjects within the cultural mileau of "fin de siecle"
Germany, particularly the investigation of the occult undertaken by
scientists, artists andintellectuals. She also documents for the
first time the critical reception to Keller's work in America,
tracing the artist's participation in exhibitions in Boston,
Chicago, Indianapolis, New york, and Saint Louis and his presence
in important private collections of German art in America. Swiss
art historian Gian Casper Bott examines each painting by Keller in
depth and places the artist's works in the art-historical context
of the era. The book includes magnificent color reproductions of
Keller's paintings from the collection of the Kunsthaus Zurich. It
includes key works by Keller from the late 1870s to the beginning
of the First World War, a period that coincided with the scandal of
his elopement with the beautiful banker's daughter Irene von
Eichthal, the tragic death of his only child, and the death of his
wife only months later in a state of profound grief.
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