The Collection
WALTER ELMER SCHOFIELD (1869-1943)
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Hill Country, 1984
Oil on canvas; 50 ¼ 60”
Gift of Sydney E. and Seymour Schofield, 1949 |
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Born in Philadelphia in 1869, Walter Elmer Schofield was the son of a prominent businessman, Benjamin Schofield. He attended public schools and matriculated at Swarthmore College for a short period of a year. His adoption of painting as a profession apparently derived from a visit to a ranch in Texas where ranch hands saw his sketches and proclaimed him a budding artist, an observation he took to heart. From 1889 to 1892 Schofield pursued his artistic career by attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and working with the acclaimed artist Thomas Anshutz. In 1902 the artist took up residency in St. Ives, Cornwall, England. He traveled annually to America during the winter months and painted his masterful renditions of the Pennsylvania countryside. Hill Country is one of five Schofield paintings in Woodmeres’ permanent collection. The others include March Snow, Morning Tide – Coast of Cornwall, Trenwith-Cornish Farm, and The Canyon Tujunga. |
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