Jon Schueler (September 12, 1916–August 5, 1992) was an American artist.
Schueler was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He first had the desire to become a writer, and after he acquired his Masters degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1940, he worked for a short time as a journalist. His writing skills helped him articulate his artistic sensibilities throughout his life.
The Second World War interrupted his writing, and he spent three yea...
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Jon Schueler (September 12, 1916–August 5, 1992) was an American artist.
Schueler was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He first had the desire to become a writer, and after he acquired his Masters degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1940, he worked for a short time as a journalist. His writing skills helped him articulate his artistic sensibilities throughout his life.
The Second World War interrupted his writing, and he spent three years in the United States military. From 1941 to 1944 he trained in the Army and the Air Force; he became a navigator in the plexi-glass nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, guiding it on missions out of Molesworth, England, over France and Germany.
After the war, he moved to San Francisco, California and taught English. Schueler studied at the California School of Fine Arts where he met Clyfford Still, one of the staff. He also studied with David Park, Hassel Smith, and Richard Diebenkorn.
Excited by the Abstract Expressionism to which he was...
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