Artist

William Keith

Portrait of William Keith
Portrait of William Keith

American, 1838–1911

William Keith was an American American Impressionism painter. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, most of them oil paintings. William Keith was born in Oldmeldrum.

William Keith (November 18, 1838 – April 13, 1911) 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.

Works by William Keith

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