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. He opened a studio on Montgomery Street in San Francisco, and he lived in

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, Over the course of his career, he did over 500 paintings. He died in Oakland at age 87. 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.

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* 1839 births 1927 deaths Artists from Oakland, California Painters from San Francisco German emigrants to the United States Artists from Braunschweig 20th-century American painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1830s-stub