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1905 Peoria, Illinois - 2006 Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Known for: Modernist droll animal and figure drawings, graphics.
Schomer Lichtner. Born March 18, 1905 in Peoria, IllinoisDied May 9, 2006 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Schomer Lichtner first studied with Gustave Moeller at Milwaukee State Teachers College and later at... Read full biography
Schomer Lichtner. Born March 18, 1905 in Peoria, IllinoisDied May 9, 2006 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Schomer Lichtner first studied with Gustave Moeller at Milwaukee State Teachers College and later at the Milwaukee Art Students’ League* and the Art Institute of Chicago*. By 1926, he had entered the... Read full biography
Schomer Lichtner. Born March 18, 1905 in Peoria, IllinoisDied May 9, 2006 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Schomer Lichtner first studied with Gustave Moeller at Milwaukee State Teachers College and later at the Milwaukee Art Students’ League* and the Art Institute of Chicago*. By 1926, he had entered the New York Art Students’ League*. He returned to Wisconsin in 1928 to study art history at the University of Wisconsin in Madison under Oskar Hagen. He married fellow-artist Ruth Grotenrath in 1934, and... Read full biography
Schomer Lichtner. Born March 18, 1905 in Peoria, IllinoisDied May 9, 2006 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Schomer Lichtner first studied with Gustave Moeller at Milwaukee State Teachers College and later at the Milwaukee Art Students’ League* and the Art Institute of Chicago*. By 1926, he had entered the New York Art Students’ League*. He returned to Wisconsin in 1928 to study art history at the University of Wisconsin in Madison under Oskar Hagen. He married fellow-artist Ruth Grotenrath in 1934, and both became involved in the Federal Works Progress Administration's (WPA)* art programs; Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP)* and the Public Works Art Project (PWAP)*. One of his most notable works was a five-panel mural for the Sheboygan (WI) post... Read full biography
Schomer Lichtner. Born March 18, 1905 in Peoria, IllinoisDied May 9, 2006 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Schomer Lichtner first studied with Gustave Moeller at Milwaukee State Teachers College and later at the Milwaukee Art Students’ League* and the Art Institute of Chicago*. By 1926, he had entered the New York Art Students’ League*. He returned to Wisconsin in 1928 to study art history at the University of Wisconsin in Madison under Oskar Hagen. He married fellow-artist Ruth Grotenrath in 1934, and both became involved in the Federal Works Progress Administration's (WPA)* art programs; Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP)* and the Public Works Art Project (PWAP)*. One of his most notable works was a five-panel mural for the Sheboygan (WI) post office in 1939, The Lake - The Pioneer - Present City - Indian Life - Agriculture. In 1940 he painted... Read full biography
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Schomer Lichtner
Born March 18, 1905 in Peoria, IllinoisDied May 9, 2006 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Schomer Lichtner first studied with Gustave Moeller at Milwaukee State Teachers College and later at the Milwaukee Art Students’ League* and the Art Institute of Chicago*. By 1926, he had entered the New York Art Students’ League*. He returned to Wisconsin in 1928 to study art history at the University of Wisconsin in Madison under Oskar Hagen.
He married fellow-artist Ruth Grotenrath in 1934, and both became involved in the Federal Works Progress Administration's (WPA)* art programs; Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP)* and the Public Works Art Project (PWAP)*.
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