E. Roscoe Shrader

E. Roscoe Shrader (14 December 1878 – 18 January 1960) was an American painter and art instructor known for his colorful, post-impressionistic landscapes, figures, and still lifes.[1] He was head of faculty at the Otis Art Institute from 1919 to 1949, and was the president of the California Art Club (CAC) from 1924 to 1930, and again in 1934.[1] He formed the Group of Eight, which included painters such as Mabel Alvarez, at his studio in Hollywood, California.[1]

E. Roscoe Shrader
Born
Edwin Roscoe Shrader

(1878-12-14)December 14, 1878
Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
Died(1960-01-18)January 18, 1960
La Cañada, California, U.S.
Occupationartist
SpouseElisabeth Condit

Early life and education

Born in 1878 in Quincy, Illinois, he moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1885, where his father taught in the physics and chemistry department at the University of Southern California (USC).[2] Shrader attended Los Angeles High School and the Los Angeles Business College, which his father founded.[1] He graduated from the Los Angeles Business College in 1895 and received his high school diploma in 1897 with a major in science.[1]

He was admitted to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 1901, where he studied for two years under influential professors such as John Christen Johansen, who taught luminism, tonalism, and impressionism, and Thomas Wood Stevens, a mural painter, etcher, and head of the illustration department.[1] He subsequently studied under Howard Pyle, a well-known illustrator, at the Howard Pyle School of Illustration Art in Wilmington, Delaware, where Shrader met his wife, Elisabeth Condit.[3]

Career

Shrader’s first worked as an illustrator, contributing to books and magazines such as Scribner's Magazine, Harper’s, and The Century Magazine.[1]

About 1914, he moved to New Hope, Pennsylvania, and joined the New Hope Art Colony of impressionists.[1]

In 1917, Shrader returned to Los Angeles and began working for the Otis Art Institute after it was founded in 1918 as instructor in drawing, illustration, and composition, and as lecturer on anatomy.[4] He became dean of the Otis Art Institute in 1923.[1] Students of Shrader included Grace Vollmer, among others.[5]

In 1924, Shrader was first elected president of the California Art Club, a position he held from 1924–1926, 1927–1930, and again in 1934.[1]

References
  1. The Art and Life of Edwin Roscoe Shrader. George Stern Fine Arts. 2010. ISBN 978-0966669275.
  2. Los Angeles painters of the nineteen-twenties. Pomona College Gallery. 1972.
  3. A Private Collection of Paintings by Some of the Living Artists of Southern California. Ann Arbor Art Association. 1929.
  4. Circles of Influence: Impressionism to Modernism in Southern California Art, 1910-1930. Orange County Museum of Art. 2000. ISBN 9780917493300.
  5. Hughes, Edan Milton (2002). Artists in California 1786-1940. Crocker Art Museum. p. 1249. ISBN 9781884038082.
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