Jon Schueler
- Reference:GB 2610 GMA A03
- Dates of Creation:1968 - 1971
- Physical Description:0.125 linear metres (1 box) / 3 itemsAudio recording
Scope and Content
Three audio recordings:
/1. Tape recording labelled: 'Made at the Di Marco [Demarco] Gallery, 20.3.68 duration 1½ hours.
/2. Copy of /1.
/3. Tape recording labelled: 'Jon Schueler Talking'/ From the last of many recording sessions done in the making of the Films of Scotland Film directed by John Black, 1971'
(3 items)
Administrative / Biographical History
Jon Schueler was born in Milwaukee in 1916 and studied at the California School of Fine Arts from 1948 - 1951. Whilst there, it was his association with Clyfford Still, who became both a mentor and friend, which influenced him greatly. In 1951 he moved to New York where he met Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt and Mark Rothko. Producing large, thickly painted abstract paintings, Schueler was taken up by the celebrated dealer Leo Castelli and his work began to be collected by public and private collections across America. He was greatly influenced by the Scottish landscape after visiting for the first time in 1957. In 1970 he returned to Mallaig where he lived until 1975, and to which he returned every year until his death. He died in 1992.
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Custodial History
Presented by John Black 1980
Related Material
The SNGMA Collection holds work by Schueler; see also GMA A37 Richard Demarco Archive