Friedrich Von Keller (painter)
Friedrich von Keller (18 February 1840, Ludwigsburg - 26 August 1914, Abtsgmünd) was a German Genre art, genre painter. Biography He was the youngest of ten children born to Johann Jakob Keller, a vintner, who died when Friedrich was only nine. Thanks to the support of some patrons, he was able to study drawing at the local trade school. He earned his living as a general craftsman. At the age of eighteen, he went to Stuttgart to attend the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Royal Art School, but the tuition was too high, so he took drawing classes in the evening at the University of Stuttgart, Polytechincal School. Finally, at the age of twenty-seven, he was awarded a royal scholarship of 125 Ducats and was able to attend the art school, where he studied with Bernhard von Neher and Heinrich von Rustige. During his studies, he supported himself by painting coats-of-arms and signs. In 1871, he moved to Munich and became a free-lance artist. He continued to imp ...
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