Carl Fellman Schaefer - Artist Info

About Carl Fellman Schaefer

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Carl Schafer
  • Biography

    Carl Fellman Schaefer, C.M., D.Litt., R.C.A., CGP, CSGA, CSPWC, OSA, PDCC, RSA

    Born in Hanover, Ontario, 30 April 1903
    Died in Toronto, Ontario, 21 May 1995

    "There is one thing every painter must do and this is to know his environment ….. and achieve a proper balance between the technical means and the emotional expression."
    (Carl Schaefer)

    Carl Schaefer, a Canadian regionalist artist and teacher, painted scenes of rural southern Ontario. The farm environment of Grey County and his personal relationship to the land inspired his best work.

    Schaefer studied at the Ontario College of Art from 1921 under the Group of Seven painters, Arthur Lismer and J.E.H. MacDonald. He later free-l...

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