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Donna Schuster (1883-1953)
Donna Schuster was born
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1883. She attended the Art Institute of
Chicago and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School studying with
Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank W. Benson. She continued her education
in art by accompanying William Merritt Chase on a painting tour of
Belgium in the summer of 1912.
Schuster relocated to Southern California in 1913 and during the
following year, she was studying again with William Merritt Chase,
the two of them taking a class in Carmel, California. She ended up
staying in San Francisco during the Fall of 1914 where she worked on
a series of watercolor sketches of the construction of the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition. She earned a silver medal
for watercolor there, which was shown at the Los Angeles Museum of
History, Science and Art in 1914.
In the early 1920's she moved to Los Angeles where she taught at the
Otis Art Institute. She built a studio home in Griffith Park, in the
Los Angeles area where she remained for the rest of her life. Her
wonderful Impressionistic style was most emphasized in her paintings
of people, landscapes, still-lifes and cityscapes.
Most of her works displayed her recognizable brushwork but after
studying with Stanton MacDonald-Wright later in her career, her work
took on more Cubist and Abstract Expressionist with his influence.
In her early years her art was exhibited at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art in 1914, 1917, 1920, 1927 and 1929. Later, in the
1930's, she had shows at the San Francisco Art Association, the New
York Academy of Fine Art and the New York Water Color Society. She
was a founding member of the California Watercolor Society and was
involved with their exhibitions from 1921 until the mid 1940's.
In 1953, Schuster died, trapped inside her home as it was destroyed
in a brush-fire.
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Breakfast for One
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Silver Lake Summer
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Scenic Drive
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Beach Day
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Construction, Los Angeles
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Afternoon Arrangement
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Griffith Park View
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April Morning
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Pablo and Francesca
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The Ranch Road
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Garden in Autumn
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Harbor Scene
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Hollywood Hills
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Peaceful Retreat
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An Offering (Fruit on the Table)
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Hollywood Hills
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Sewing
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Poinsettia View
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Pasadena Bridge
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