Susette Inloes Schultz Keast (August 6, 1892 – September 5, 1932) was an American painter. She was a member of the

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Biography

Keast was born in 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended the Philadelphia School of Design, and the

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and Private university, private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

. Her instructors included

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, Hugh H. Breckenridge,

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and

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. In 1911 she received a Cresson European Scholarship from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts which allowed her summer travel to Europe. Keast married the architect

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in 1919. They subsequently travel to China and Japan. In 1922 the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts purchased her painting ''Inner Harbor''. In 1930 Keast replaced

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as a member of the Philadelphia Ten. Keast was also a member of

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and the

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. She died suddenly in 1932 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Legacy

Keast's work was included in the 1998 retrospective, "The Philadelphia Ten" at the Moore College of Art & Design.

References

External links

images of Susette Schultz Keast's work
on Artnet * {{DEFAULTSORT:Keast, Susette Schultz 1892 births 1932 deaths 20th-century American women artists Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni Painters from Philadelphia Philadelphia School of Design for Women alumni