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| Keywords: Summer Showers by William Keith.jpg Artwork Creator William Keith Summer Showers Prior to 1911 Oil on canvas in 30 48 North Point Gallery San Francisco CA William Keith rivaled Thomas Hill as the most accomplished and successful landscape painter working in California during the 19th century After two years spent studying art in Düsseldorf Paris and Boston Keith returned to California in 1872 as a sophisticated painter whose work drew on several prevailing styles popular in the cultural centers of the world Many of his paintings reflect the influence of the Hudson River School and depict sublime mountain scenery à la Church or Bierstadt But at the same time as he was painting alpine panoramas Keith also focused on the more intimate landscapes of the French Barbizon movement that had come to the forefront of Parisian art appreciation during the 1860s Barbizon painters adopted a more natural and impressionistic style than that of the academic painters; their works often communicate a rougher and stronger presence of nature than sweeter more sentimental academic landscapes Major works of the English painter John Constable exhibited at Paris Salons of the 1820s influenced the Barbizon painters in the direction of this stronger style North Point Gallery Other versions http //www northpointgallery com/browse/william_keith/index html PD-old-100 William Keith Realist landscape paintings | ||||
