Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design

Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design (1924 – 1984) was an art school located in San Francisco, California, best known for its courses in color and interior design. The school was founded by artist Rudolph Schaeffer.

History

Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design was an art school founded in 1924 in San Francisco, California. Originally named the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Rhythmo-Chromatic Design, located at 136 St. Anne Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco. Other artists had studios in the Anne Street building, including Bertha Lum and Frances Wallace.^[1] In 1951 the school moved to Telegraph Hill. In the 1950s, in order to educate the public and students about Asian culture, Schaeffer invited Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri, founder of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) to give public lectures at his East-West Arts Gallery.^[2]

By 1960 the school moved to Potrero Hill at 2255 Mariposa Street.^[1][3] In 1984 the school closed after financial issues and disagreements in terms of direction of the school between Schaeffer and the Board of Trustees.^[1]

Notable students

A list of notable alumni from Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, in alphabetical order by last name.

• Arthur Court (1928–2015), California designer and founder of Arthur Court Designs^[4]
• Henry Doane (1905–1999), landscape painter and commercial artist
• Robert Douglas Eberhardt (1949–1999), founder of Environments West and the Sierra School of Interior Design in Fresno, California^[5]
• Manny Farber (1917–2008), painter and writer^[6]
• Robert Hutchinson (1937–2008), interior designer^[7]
• John "Jack" Johannsen (1929–2014), Californian painter^[8][9]
• Douglas Lynch (1913–2009), WPA artist, one of the artists that carved the Timberline Lodge interior^[10]
• Robert "Bob" Miller of Miller Dolezal Design Group^[11]
• Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli (1901–1974), WPA-era artist and muralist, enrolled in 1925^[12]
• Lanette Scheeline (1910–2001) artist and textile designer^[13]
• Michael Taylor (1927–1986), interior designer^[14]
• Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895–1989), photographer - from Schaeffer's teachings at San Francisco Art Institute^[15]

References

1. "Detailed description of the Rudolph Schaeffer papers, 1880s-1994". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
2. "From the American Academy of Asian Studies to the California Institute of Integral Studies". David Ulansey's Mysterium. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
3. "Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design certificate of completion for course in interior design and color". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. 1960. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
4. "Arthur Court's Obituary". San Francisco Chronicle. 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
5. "Obituary: Robert Douglas Eberhardt". Deseret News. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
6. "Appreciation: Manny Farber". SFGate. Hearst Newspapers. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
7. Sardar, Zahid (2008-12-24). "S.F. interior designer Robert Hutchinson dies". SFGate. Hearst Newspapers. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
8. "Obituary, John (Jack) Johannsen". Amador Ledger Dispatch (Amador Hometown Media). 2014. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
9. Anderson, Scott Thomas (2014-09-04). "Celebrated artist’s painting to sell for regional Symphony". Roseville & Granite Bay Press Tribune (Gold Country Media). Retrieved 2016-04-15.
10. "WPA-era Timberline Lodge artist dies at 96". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
11. Le, Anh-Minh (2014-01-30). "Bob Miller and Sindhu Peruri". SFGate. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
12. "Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli and Raymond Puccinelli" (PDF). 1937. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
13. "Lanette Scheeline". Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
14. Vogel, Carol (1986-06-05). "Michael Taylor is Dead at 59; Innovative Interior Designer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
15. Ware, Susan (2004). Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century, Volume 5. London, England: Harvard University Press. ISBN 067401488X.

External links

• The Rudolph Schaeffer Papers 1880–1994, from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution