Frederick Ferdinand Schafer | |
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Born | August 16, 1839
Braunschweig, Germany |
Died | July 18, 1927 (aged 87)
Oakland, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Painter |
Spouse | Sophia Schafer |
Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
Frederick Ferdinand Schafer (August 16, 1839 - July 18, 1927) was a German-born American painter. He was born in Braunschweig, Germany and he emigrated to the United States in 1876, at age 37. [1] [2] He opened a studio on Montgomery Street in San Francisco, and he lived in Oakland, [3] Over the course of his career, he did over 500 paintings. [2] He died in Oakland at age 87. [4] His work is in the permanent collections of the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Fairfield University Art Museum, and the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. [1] [5]