Deane Galloway Keller (August 1, 1940 – January 4, 2005) was an American artist, academic and author. "Deaths: Keller, Deane G.," The New York Times. July 13, 2007. Keller was a draftsman, painter, sculptor, and teacher who instructed students in the visual arts for forty years, most notably in figure drawing and the artistic application of human anatomy. He is credited with explaining that "drawing offers a unique record of an encounter with a culture, of experience transformed from fleeting moment to lasting resonance."The Painter's Keys: Deane G. Keller Art Quotes.

Early life He was the son of Deane and Katherine Parkhurst Hall Keller. Obituary: Dean G. Keller , Yale College Class of 1962

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Yale University, where he studied under his father, and a Master of Arts in Education from St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut. Additionally, Keller studied in Florence, Italy, with Nera Simi, and anatomy under David Rubins at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana.Press release for Lyme Academy exhibition at Saatchi website

Career For 25 years Keller served as a professor at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. The head of the drawing department, in 2001 he was honored with the endowed Deane G. Keller Chair of Classical Drawing and Figurative Art, a position which he held until his death. Keller was also a member of the faculty of the New York Academy of Art, the Art Students League of New York, the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford, and the Woodstock School of Art. He lectured on drawing and draftsmanship at the Yale Center for British Art, the Wadsworth Atheneum, and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

A portrait, landscape and still life painter, Keller was in his later years engaged in a series of large charcoal drawings of draped figures inspired by his travels to the Middle East.

Selected works Keller authored numerous articles, and wrote two books. "The Fine Art of Drawing," American Artist. Vol. 64, No. 690 (2000): 20. OCLC 92611357 Figure Drawing in the Academy Tradition, 1890–1998 2002 – Draftsman's Handbook: A Resource and Study Guide for Drawing from Life. Old Lyme, Connecticut: Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.

Collections Keller's work is in included in a number of public and private collections.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania Slater Museum at the Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, Connecticut Woodstock School of Art Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky Yale University Hospital of St. Raphael (where his statue of Mother Elizabeth Seton graces the entrance hall) Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford Lyme Academy St. John Fisher Roman Catholic Church in Marlborough, CT

Artists influenced by Keller Keller believed that "for some years the fine art of draftsmanship has suffered some eclipse because learning the craft of figure drawing has been only casually addressed and even discredited by some."Charles, Eleanor. "The Guide: Art of Drawing," The New York Times. May 26, 2002. His students are evidence to the contrary.

Eric Mannella "Deane G. Keller, Master Draughtsman" Atelier de Brésoles (Montreal, Canada). September 1, 2008 Allana Benham "Deane G. Keller, Master Draughtsman" T. Allen Lawson.LACFA: "Alum Creates Art for White House Presidential Holiday Card," 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2009.

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References "Deaths: Keller, Deane G.," New York Times. July 13, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007. "Frontispiece: Deane G. Keller (1940–2005)," Fine Art Coinnoisseur. July–August 2007. Keller, Deane G. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. "The Fine Art of Drawing," American Artist. Vol. 64, No. 690 (2000): 20. OCLC 92611357 Miscellaneous ephemeral material. Obituary: Dean G. Keller , Yale College Class of 1962 . Retrieved November 1, 2009. Steiner, Raymond J. "Deane G. Keller at The Woodstock School of Art," Art Times Journal. Summer 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2007.

External links Lyme Academy exhibition archives Press release for Lyme Academy exhibition at Saatchi website