Sunset on Mount Diablo by William Keith - 1877 - 59 x 39 in Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Sunset on Mount Diablo by William Keith - 1877 - 59 x 39 in Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

Sunset on Mount Diablo

oil on canvas • 59 x 39 in
  • William Keith - November 18, 1838 - April 13, 1911 William Keith 1877

William Keith (1838 – 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.

Keith exhibited widely from the 1870s until his death in 1911, including participation in international expositions, museum shows, and solo shows in London and at the Macbeth Gallery in New York. He received numerous awards for his work. Four years after his death, Keith was honoured with an entire room devoted to his paintings at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Beautiful California!