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Arthur Ignatius Keller (July 4, 1867 
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, Thomas Dixon, Kathleen Norris, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, and Jeffrey Farnol. He illustrated ''The Virginian'' ( Wister), ''Kate Bonnet'' ( Stockton), ''The Right of Way'' (
Arthur Keller's bio and Sherlock Holmes works
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keller, Arthur I. 1867 births 1924 deaths American illustrators
New York City
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– December 2, 1924 Riverdale, New York) was a United States painter and illustrator. His parents were Adam and Amanda Spohr Keller.
He took up drawing at the National Academy
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, New York as a student of Professor Wilmarth. In Munich
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, he studied painting with Professor Loeffts.
Keller worked in oil and watercolor
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to ...
.
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.
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, Thomas Dixon, Kathleen Norris, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, and Jeffrey Farnol. He illustrated ''The Virginian'' ( Wister), ''Kate Bonnet'' ( Stockton), ''The Right of Way'' (Gilbert Parker
Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet (23 November 1862 – 6 September 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain Joseph Parker, R.A.
Ed ...
), and the stories of Bret Harte
Bret Harte (; born Francis Brett Hart; August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush.
In a caree ...
. He won many medals for paintings and some of his oil and water-color productions were acquired by prominent galleries around the world.
__NOTOC__Inspiration for Ku Klux Klan Uniform
His work with Dixon providing illustrations forThe Clansman
''The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan'' is a novel published in 1905, the second work in the Ku Klux Klan trilogy by Thomas Dixon Jr. (the others are ''The Leopard's Spots'' and '' The Traitor''). Chronicling the American Civ ...
have been cited as inspiration for the uniforms of the Ku Klux Klan. The originals of the illustrations are in the Thomas Frederick Dixon, Jr., Collection, John R. Dover Memorial Library, at Gardner-Webb University.
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (January 24, 1874 – June 10, 1938), was a historian, writer, collector, and activist. Schomburg was a Puerto Rican of African and German descent. He moved to the United States in 1891, where he researched and raised awa ...
was among the first to recognize a resemblance between Ku Klux Klan uniforms and the capirote
A capirote is a Catholic pointed hat of conical form that is used in Spain and Hispanic countries by members of a confraternity of penitents. It is part of the uniform of such brotherhoods including the '' Nazarenos'' and ''Fariseos'' duri ...
worn by the Brotherhood of Seville.
Death
Keller died from pneumonia after a walk on Thanksgiving.References
External links
* * *Arthur Keller's bio and Sherlock Holmes works
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keller, Arthur I. 1867 births 1924 deaths American illustrators