Elisabetta Keller
Elisabetta Keller, also known as Elisabeth Keller, (6 July 1891 – 19 February 1969) was a Swiss artist born in Italy and a founder of the Italian Soroptimist Club. Keller worked in many media, but preferred pastels. Though she created landscapes and still life, she was noted for her portraits, which were often of the upper-class and bourgeoisie of Milan.
Also recorded as Elisabeth Keller · Elisabetta Keller Pitscheider
Elisabetta Keller
Elisabetta Keller · art archive · Public domain
- Name
- Elisabetta Keller
- Born
- 6 July 1891
- Birthplace
- Monza, Italy
- Died
- 19 February 1969
- Place of death
- San Francisco, California, US
- Known for
- Portraits, pastels
- Movement
- Lombardi naturalism, modernism
- Spouse
- Giovanni Battista Pitscheider
- Nationality
- Switzerland · Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Italian · English
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Elisabetta Keller, also known as Elisabeth Keller, (6 July 1891 – 19 February 1969) was a Swiss artist born in Italy and a founder of the Italian Soroptimist Club. Keller worked in many media, but preferred pastels. Though she created landscapes and still life, she was noted for her portraits, which were often of the upper-class and bourgeoisie of Milan.
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Among her subjects were her close friend, the poet Delio Tessa, and Pope Pius XI, a long-time family friend. The Soroptimist Club of Milan, the first Soroptimist club in Italy, was organized during a series of meetings held at Keller's residence in 1928. Besides Keller, the first 25 members included the composer Giulia Recli and the writer Ada Negri. In 1931, Elisabeth Keller became the second president of the organization.
Aldo Carpi, An Evening at Delio Tessa’s Home, 1935. Group portrait of an intellectual gathering at the residence of the Italian poet Delio Tessa in Milan in Viale Beatrice d'Este 17
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• Name — Elisabetta Keller • Born — 6 July 1891 • Birthplace — Monza, Italy • Died — 19 February 1969 • Place of death — San Francisco, California, US • Known for — Portraits, pastels • Movement — Lombardi naturalism, modernism • Spouse — Giovanni Battista Pitscheider
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1891
Elisabetta Keller born at Monza.
1969
Elisabetta Keller died at San Francisco.
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- 1.Associazione Culturale per la tutela, lo studio, valorizzazione e diffusione dell’Archivio e dell’Opera di Pompeo Mariani e di Elisabetta Keller. Family Tree. Archivio Elisabetta Keller.
- 2.Isastia, Anna Maria. La Nascita del Soroptimist dagli Stati Uniti all'Europa – Il club di Milano.
- 3.Associazione Culturale per la tutela, lo studio, valorizzazione e diffusione dell’Archivio e dell’Opera di Pompeo Mariani e di Elisabetta Keller. Artistic Works. Archivio Elisabetta Keller.
- 4.Muscardini, Giuseppe. Le frequentazioni svizzere di Delio Tessa. Go Italy. 15 February 2018.
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