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Louise Schatz
Canadian-born Israeli artist (1916–1997)
Louise Schatz (née Louise Burton McClure; 1916–1997) was a Canadian-born Israeli painter, ceramist, and textile designer.[1][2] She is one of the best known abstract watercolorist from Israel.[3][4] She was active in Berkeley, Big Sur, Haifa, and Jerusalem.[5][4]
Louise Schatz | |
|---|---|
| Born | Louise Burton McClure 1916 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | 1997 Jerusalem, Israel |
| Other names | Luʼiz Shats |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, ceramist, textile designer |
| Years active | 1930s–1990s |
| Spouse | Bezalel Schatz (married 1948–1978) |
Louise McClure was born in 1916 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to a family of English descent.[1] Her father John "Jack" McClure was a vaudeville theatre director.[6] Her mother Evelyn (née Burton) was a dental assistant.[6] At the age of 3, her family moved to Minnesota to be closer to her paternal grandparents.[1] As a result of the Great Depression the McClure family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area for work.[6]
She attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she received a bachelor's degree in art in 1939.[7][1][8] During World War II between 1943 and 1945, she worked as a draftsman at a shipyard in San Francisco.[1] She was a member of the "Californian Group of Seven", a Big Sur artist collective from 1945 to 1948.[1][3][4]
She married Bezalel "Lilik" Schatz in 1948, the son of sculptor Boris Schatz.[9][1][10] In 1951, Bezalel and Louise emigrated to Israel, settling 5 years later in the artist village of Ein Hod.[1][10] Their home in Ein Hod was designed by architect David Resnick.[10] She did not speak Hebrew nor have strong connections to Israel, besides that of her husband's family.[3]
In 1951, Louise Schatz, Bezalel Schatz, and her sister-in-law Zahara Schatz formed a craft workshop "Yaad" in Israel, rooted in European-American modernism.[10][11]
Her husband died in Jerusalem in 1978. She died in Jerusalem in 1997.[4] Schatz's work is in museum collections including at the British Museum,[12] and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.[13]
Louise had two sisters. Her sister Evelyn "Eve" Burton McClure, was the ex-wife of film director Jack Carr; actor Lyle Talbot; novelist Henry Miller; and sculptor Harry Dick Ross.[14][6]
- "לואיז שץ". The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- "Lovely Weaving Done by Local Craftsmen". The Bakersfield Californian. 1948-09-28. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- Ronnen, Meir (June 8, 2006). "The finest Schatz of all". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- "Obituaries". Los Angeles Times. 1999-08-05. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- "Big Sur Art Poses Queries". The Los Angeles Times. 1948-12-19. p. 86. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- Hoyle, Arthur (2016-08-02). The Unknown Henry Miller: A Seeker in Big Sur. Simon and Schuster. pp. 163–165. ISBN 978-1-62872-770-8.
- Dungan, H. L. (1948-03-28). "Accent on Living Exhibition at Mills Shows Mops, Brooms, Baby Bottles". Oakland Tribune. p. 79. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- Register - University of California. Vol. 2. University of California, Berkeley. University of California Press. 1939. p. 43.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - "Licenses Issued: Schatz-McClure". Oakland Tribune. 1948-01-29. p. 39. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- "Bezalel Schatz". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- Schleuning, Sarah; Strauss, Cindi; Horne, Sarah; MacLeod, Martha; Perkins, Berry Lowden (2021). Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting. Yale University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-300-25457-0.
- "Louise Schatz". British Museum. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- "Louise Schatz". Israel Museum Information Center for Israeli Art. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- "Mrs. Harry Dick Ross Dies; Ex-Wife of Henry Miller". The New York Times. 1966-08-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-31.