Jason Schoener papers
name: label: Creator
content: Schoener, Jason
label: Names
content: Arbuthnot, Nancy Prothro
label: Names
content: Schoener, Virginia, 1923-
label: Names
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
label: Names
content: Zorach, Marguerite, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Zorach, William, 1887-1966
place: label: Place
content: Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
label: Topic
content: Art and war
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1996 by Jason and Virginia Schoener.
creator: label: Creator
content: Schoener, Jason
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, ceramist, painter, educator; Oakland, California. Born 1919. Schoener graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art and also studied at Case Western Reserve, the Art Students League of New York, and Columbia University. He and his wife, Virginia, settled in the San Francisco Bay area in 1953. Schoener was a longtime professor at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. During his Navy service in WWII, Schoener produced a series of watercolors which became the subject of a publication by Nancy Prothro Arbuthnot in 1996. He exhibited widely in the U.S. and abroad.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((144 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1952-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schojaso
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence (143 letters, 1952-1988, many addressed to Jason and Virginia) includes 85 letters from Schoener's uncle, William Zorach and his wife Marguerite, discussing daily events, family matters, and offering advice on Schoener's carreer. There is also a letter from Max Weber thanking Schoener for the handmade cufflinks "that were made by one who loves and creates beauty." Also found is the 1996 publication "An American Artist in World War II: Jason Schoener at Eniwetak" by Nancy Arbuthnot, which recounts the Schoener's experiences and reproduces his paintings from his navy commission during the last year of WWII.