Donna Norine Schuster (1883 - 1953) American
Watercolor on Paper
Measure 18"in H x 23 1/2"in W and 27 1/2"in H x 34"in W with frame

Known for: Portrait, harbor-scape and still life painting
Biography: Born in Milwaukee, WI on Jan. 26, 1883, the daughter of a wealthy cigar maker, Donna Schuster studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Boston Museum School under Tarbell and Benson. In 1912 she joined Wm M. Chase on a painting tour of Belgium and, after her move to southern California the next year, she again studied with Chase in his summer class in Carmel. In 1923 she built a home in the Los Angeles hills overlooking Griffith Park at 2672 Glendower Avenue where she remained. During the 1920s and 1930s Schuster taught at Otis Art Institute and was active as an organizer in several artists' clubs and a founder of Women Painters of the West. Her subject matter included harbor scenes, landscapes, figure studies, and Cezannesque water lilies in both oil and watercolor. Her early works show the influence of Monet and Chase; however, having studied with Stanton MacDonald-Wright, she later experimented with various modern idioms including Cubism and Abstract Expressionism. On Dec. 27, 1953 a brush fire destroyed her hillside home trapping her inside.

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