Bentley Schaad (1925–1999), was a California modernist and art educator. Bentley Schaad was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1925. As an art student, he attended

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, the

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in Pasadena and the

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. A pupil, and later a colleague, of Henry Lee McFee, Schaad learned the principles of line, color and form. His proficiency as an artist and his technical aesthetic innovations enabled him to begin teaching art at

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. Schaad spent the majority of his career as an instructor. Schaad was a prolific artist in the West Coast modernist movement along with Henry Lee McFee,

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and

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. Schaad utilized many concepts of the modernist aesthetic in his work. His paintings were often composed of many broken planes of color — with a concentration on shape, form and structure of an object.Anderson, Alissa J., ''Bentley Schaad: California Modernist''

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Bentley Schaad biographyBentley Schaad Artist Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schaad, Bentley 1925 births 1999 deaths Art educators Modern painters