Edwin Roscoe Shrader Lecture by Janet Blake December 5, 2010

Laguna Art Museum’s Curator of Collections Janet Blake (who is also an expert on historical California art) will lecture on the artist Edwin Roscoe Shrader and his early twentieth century impressionist paintings on display at the Museum. Blake co-wrote the recent publication The Art and Life of Edwin Roscoe Shrader published by George Stern Fine Art. The book will be available for purchase in the Museum Store.
A dynamic and influential teacher and leader in the arts for three decades, E. Roscoe Shrader produced colorful, post-impressionistic paintings-landscapes, figures, and still lifes-that when exhibited elicited praise from critics and patrons alike. Shrader was influential as a teacher and head of the faculty at Otis Art Institute from 1919 to 1949. He was also president of the California Art Club for several terms during the 1920s and 30s. His devotion to his teaching and to his leadership role in the arts community precluded his attention to actively commercializing his art. Many of his paintings were often given to friends or remained with his family. As a result, Shrader’s work has heretofore been largely unknown. Fortunately, his heirs have made the works available through noted art dealer George Stern, who has produced the book The Art and Life of Edwin Roscoe Shrader which will be available for purchase in the Museum Store during the exhibition at Laguna Art Museum.
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>> Lectures are free to Museum Members, and free to non-members with paid admission. Reservations are not necessary.
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>> For more information, please contact education curator Jacqueline Bunge at 949.494.8971 x207.