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Ad Code: 4
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Watercolor on board 20" x 30", 1949
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Germany on Sept. 2, 1904 of Swiss parents. Schurch had settled in Beverly Hills by the 1920s and was a star football player for Occidental College. By 1937 he had gained fame in Los Angeles for his watercolors. With studios in Palm Springs and Hollywood, he decorated many homes and taverns with colorful depictions of Mexican subjects. Made wealthy by the invention of a football game, he moved to Evanston, IL where he remained until his demise on April 4, 1965. Exh: Sherman Hotel (Chicago), 1955. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Census; Chicago Tribune, 4-6-1965 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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