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| | Born in Germany on May 25, 1867. Otto was the son of artist Frederick Schafer. He came to California with his family in 1880 and settled in Oakland in 1906. He died there of tuberculosis on Dec. 20, 1911. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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