Jason Schoener Modernist Watercolor with Figures
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Colorful watercolor by San Francisco Bay Area artist Jason Schoener.
Watercolor on paper
c.1940s-1950s
Measures 14" x 21" sight size, and 22.25" x 28.75" x 2" overall including a framing
Signed
Framed in a contemporary frame
Provenance: from the estate of the artist
Good condition
About the artist: Jason Schoener (1919-1997) came from a family of distinguished American artists. He was the nephew of American artist William Zorach and his wife, painter Marguerite Zorach. Starting in 1939, Jason spent his summers at the Zorach family farm in Georgetown, Maine, where he studied art with his uncle. In 1941 Schoener graduated from the Cleveland Institute School of Art. He then spent a year at the School of Architecture at Western Reserve University. He enrolled in the U.S. Naval Reserve at Northwestern University and was commissioned as an ensign in 1944. After the war, Jason began his teaching career at Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute School of Arts in Utica, NY while also earning a master’s degree from Columbia. In 1951 Mr. Schoener married Virginia Worley, and moved to California where he served as an instructor, department chairman, and dean at California College of Arts and Crafts.
Watercolor on paper
c.1940s-1950s
Measures 14" x 21" sight size, and 22.25" x 28.75" x 2" overall including a framing
Signed
Framed in a contemporary frame
Provenance: from the estate of the artist
Good condition
About the artist: Jason Schoener (1919-1997) came from a family of distinguished American artists. He was the nephew of American artist William Zorach and his wife, painter Marguerite Zorach. Starting in 1939, Jason spent his summers at the Zorach family farm in Georgetown, Maine, where he studied art with his uncle. In 1941 Schoener graduated from the Cleveland Institute School of Art. He then spent a year at the School of Architecture at Western Reserve University. He enrolled in the U.S. Naval Reserve at Northwestern University and was commissioned as an ensign in 1944. After the war, Jason began his teaching career at Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute School of Arts in Utica, NY while also earning a master’s degree from Columbia. In 1951 Mr. Schoener married Virginia Worley, and moved to California where he served as an instructor, department chairman, and dean at California College of Arts and Crafts.
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Good condition.
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Jason Schoener Modernist Watercolor with Figures
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