Paul Wilhelm Keller-Reutlingen (1854 - 1920) Oil on board, Signed Lower Right, Measures (17 x 11 inches) w/frame (20 x 14 inches) Paul Wilhelm Keller, "Keller-Reutlingen" (called himself after his birthplace), was born in 1854 in Reutlingen, Germany. Keller was a landscape and genre painter, graphic artist, illustrator and cartoonist. He first taught Xylographen in Stuttgart, he then studied at the Academy, Stuttgart. From 1975 to 1976 Keller was in military service in Ulm. Then from 1876 to 1879 Keller took a study trip to Italy and stayed in Venice, Rome, Naples and Florence. In 1879 Keller was active in Munich, Dachau and Furstenfeldbruck, and in 1892 was a founding member and temporary board member of the Munich Secession. He was active in 1895 for the Munich magazine "Youth". Keller was credited with the Secession exhibitions in Munich glass Palace and the Great Berlin Art exhibition. He received numerous honors, including 1902 award the title of professor by Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria.

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