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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Books & Publications (13)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects
2004
Levy, Hannah Heidi
316 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
German-American Artists in Early Milwaukee: A Biographyical Dictionary
1997
Merrill, Peter C
165 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Schomer Lichtner A Retrospective (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Brite, Jane Fassett
24 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
The Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings (Exhibition catalog)
1944
The Art Institute of Chicago
22 pages
First National Exhibition of American Art (Exhibition catalog)