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Walter Elmer Schofield  American  1867 -1944
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 
Active: St Ives, Cornwall, England 
Studied: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1889 - 1892
Academie Julien, Paris 1892-1895
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1892-1895
Instructors: Thomas Pollock Anshutz 
William Adolphe Bouguereau 
Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier 
Lucien Doucet 
Exhibited: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
Examples of Work: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo 
Art Institute of Chicago 
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA 
Brooklyn Museum of Art 
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh 
Cincinnati Art Museum 
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC 
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 
Indianapolis Museum of Art 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia 
Specialty: Painter
Style/School: Impressionism
New Hope School
Plein Air
Subjects Known For: Landscapes
Seascapes
Snow Scene
Memberships: Century Association 
National Academy of Design ANA 1902; NA 1907
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
Institute of Arts and Letters 
Royal Society of British Artists 
Society of American Artists 
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Schofield was born on 10th September 1867 in Philadelphia. His parents had emigrated from England, and his father became part owner of Delph Spinning Company in Philadelphia. Not enjoying the best of health as a child, he was ... (More)

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