Bentley Schaad "Untitled "Forms" Oil on canvas 24" x 36" |
Robert Bentley Schaad was born in Los Angeles, California in
1925. As a student he
went to the Art Center in Pasadena and also attended the Jepson Art Institute and Claremont College. From his mentor Henry Lee McFee, Schaad learned the principles of painting including line, color, and form. Schaad was a talented artist and his technical ability enabled him to teach for the majority of his career at Otis. He eventually becoming the Dean of Fine Arts at Otis, teaching many of Los Angeles's best contemporary artists.
Schaad wrote the influential book, The
Realm of Contemporary Still Life Painting (New York: Reinhold Publishing,
1962), which served as an instructional text that demonstrates the techniques of line, form, and color theory. Schaad was known as an aloof and
private person but adored by his pupils as a master teacher.
Schaad is considered a principal figure in the
Los Angeles modernist art movement of the mid-century. From his early still life
paintings to his geometric constructions, Schaad’s compositions were complex and always had a recognizable aesthetic sensibility.
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