Ferdinand Keller led the Karlsruhe Academy for over three decades while producing haunting Symbolist visions influenced by Arnold Böcklin, alongside grand history paintings for German royalty. His atmospheric, dreamlike landscapes bridge academic history painting and the darker currents of European Symbolism.

Works in the Collection

Keller – Jungle Foliage Plants | 1858 Botanical Oil PaintingKeller – Blooming Pineapple | Botanical Watercolor StudyKeller – Blooming Cactus at Tres Barras | 1859 Botanical OilKeller – Faultierbaum (Sloth Tree) Botanical Study, 1858Keller – Crown of a Palm (Syagrus macrocarpa) Juiz de Fora 1860Keller – Palmenstudie (Palm Study) 1860 | Botanical OilKeller – Pflanzenstudie Botanical Study Watercolor 1860Keller – Parasitic Plants on Tree Branches, Botanical StudyKeller – Study of a Palm in Jungle, 1858 | Botanical OilKeller – Study of a Fruit-Bearing Branch | Botanical Art 1859