CLYDE Leon KELLER Landscape OCTOBER AFTERNOON Sauvie Island Oregon Oil Painting

Clyde Leon Keller (Pacific NW, Oregon, California 1872 -1962) framed landscape on panel in gilt frame, titled 'October Afternoon', dated 1948. A serene Autumn landscape on Sauvie Island in Oregon. Signed at lower right, most. Gilt wood frame measures 31 1/2" x 25 1/2", painting measures 25 1/2" x 19 1/2". Excellent condition. As found on PortlandMuseum: In 1884, at the age of 12, Clyde Leon Keller was enrolled at Willamette University, attending the drawing class taught by Mary Bridges. He later studied there under Marie Craig. By 1893 he had an artist listing in the Salem City Directory and in 1894, under the influence of Homer Davenport, he began his career as a cartoonist for the San Francisco Examiner. Keller began by painting landscapes and portraits but his teacher, E. W. Christmas, advised him to concentrate on landscapes. While in San Francisco he opened an art shop but lost everything in the 1906 earthquake. Keller returned to his native Oregon and opened an art and frame shop