Robert Schade (1861 – 1912) was an American painter.

Biography

Schade was son of the

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n immigrants ''August'' and ''Augusta Schade'', who settled down in

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in 1863. At the age of 15 he started his studies of art at Milwaukee Art Association, where he was taught by Henry Vianden, who inspired him like

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and

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to finish his studies at

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. When he returned to the United States, he taught at the Milwaukee art school and became a member of the American Panorama Company in 1885.

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was one of his trainees.''http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo13/steichen.htm''
(englisch). Schade was founding member of the ''Society of Milwaukee Artists'', today ''Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors''. He painted predominantly portraits,

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s and landscapes. One of his best known paintings shows the Peshtigo Fire, that he witnessed at the age of 11.''Peshtigo Fire Still Life (1908)''
(Biography).

References

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