Shrader, E. Roscoe (Edwin Roscoe), 1879-1960

Shrader was born in 1879 in Quincy, IL; attended Art Institute of Chicago; after two years, won a scholarship to Howard Pyle School in Wilmington, DE; became an illustrator for Harper's, Century, and Scribner's, as well as a landscape painter; became one of the original faculty at Otis Art Institute in 1918, and served as dean from 1928-48; member of the Stacey Foundation, the Painters and Sculptors Club, and president of the CA Art Club; he died on Jan. 20, 1960.

From the description of Papers, 1910-1955. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40298128

Biography

Shrader was born in 1879 in Quincy, Illinois; attended Art Institute of Chicago; after two years, won a scholarship to Howard Pyle School in Wilmington, Delaware; became an illustrator for Harper's, Century, and Scribner's, as well as a landscape painter; became one of the original faculty at Otis Art Institute in 1918, and served as dean from 1928-48; member of the Stacey Foundation, the Painters and Sculptors Club, and president of the California Art Club; he died on January 20, 1960.

From the guide to the E. Roscoe Shrader Papers, 1910-1955, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)