Robert Schade (1861 – 1912) was an American painter.
Biography
Schade was son of the
Pomerania
Pomerania ( ; ; ; ) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The central and eastern part belongs to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian, Pomeranian Voivod ...
n immigrants ''August'' and ''Augusta Schade'', who settled down in
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...
in 1863. At the age of 15 he started his studies of art at Milwaukee Art Association, where he was taught by
Henry Vianden, who inspired him like
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler (November 28, 1850 – April 23, 1917) was a German-born Painting, painter and art teacher who spent most of his career in the United States.
Biography
Koehler was born in Hamburg; his family spelled their name Köhler until ...
and
Carl von Marr to finish his studies at
Academy of Fine Arts Munich
The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany.
In the second half of the 19th centur ...
. When he returned to the United States, he taught at the Milwaukee art school and became a member of the
American Panorama Company in 1885.
Edward Steichen
Edward Jean Steichen (; March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator and a pioneer of fashion photography. His gown images for the magazine ''Art et Décoration'' in 1911 were the first modern ...
was one of his trainees.
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(englisch). Schade was founding member of the ''Society of Milwaukee Artists'', today ''Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors''.
He painted predominantly portraits,
still life
A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, human-m ...
s and landscapes. One of his best known paintings shows the
Peshtigo Fire
The Peshtigo fire was a large forest fire on October 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin, United States, including much of the southern half of the Door Peninsula and adjacent parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The largest community in ...
, that he witnessed at the age of 11.
[''Peshtigo Fire Still Life (1908)''](_blank)
(Biography).
References
19th-century American painters
19th-century American male artists
American male painters
20th-century American painters
American landscape painters
People from Tarrytown, New York
1861 births
1912 deaths
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni
American people of German descent
20th-century American male artists
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