[From the Community Collection, a public trust in Agincourt, Iowa]
KEELER, Charles Butler [1882–1964]
“Cogollos-Vega, Spain”
ca1929
aquatint on laid paper / 11 3/8 inches x 14 7/8 inches / #14 of 75
Iowa native Charles B. Keller was born at Cedar Rapids in 1882. Keeler received his Bachelor of Arts at Harvard in 1905 and continued studies at the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as printmaking with Bertha Jacques and B.J.O. Nordfeldt. A Keeler aquatint received honorable mention at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
“Cogollos-Vega, Spain” represents one of several European trips made by Keeler. It was acquired from the decorating department of J. L. Brandeis and Sons in Omaha some time during the early 1930s.