Louise Schatz

Louise Schatz
Born
Louise Burton McClure

1916
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died1997
Jerusalem, Israel
Other namesLuʼiz Shats
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Occupation(s)Painter, ceramist, textile designer
Years active1930s–1990s
SpouseBezalel Schatz (married 1948–1978)

Louise Schatz (née Louise Burton McClure; 1916–1997) was a Canadian-born Israeli painter, ceramist, and textile designer.[1][2] She is one of the best known abstract watercolorist from Israel.[3][4] She was active in Berkeley, Big Sur, Haifa, and Jerusalem.[5][4]

Biography

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Louise McClure was born in 1916 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to a family of English descent.[1] Her father John "Jack" McClure was a vaudeville theatre director.[6] Her mother Evelyn (née Burton) was a dental assistant.[6] At the age of 3, her family moved to Minnesota to be closer to her paternal grandparents.[1] As a result of the Great Depression the McClure family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area for work.[6]

She attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she received a bachelor's degree in art in 1939.[7][1][8] During World War II between 1943 and 1945, she worked as a draftsman at a shipyard in San Francisco.[1] She was a member of the "Californian Group of Seven", a Big Sur artist collective from 1945 to 1948.[1][3][4]

She married Bezalel "Lilik" Schatz in 1948, the son of sculptor Boris Schatz.[9][1][10] In 1951, Bezalel and Louise emigrated to Israel, settling 5 years later in the artist village of Ein Hod.[1][10] Their home in Ein Hod was designed by architect David Resnick.[10] She did not speak Hebrew nor have strong connections to Israel, besides that of her husband's family.[3]

In 1951, Louise Schatz, Bezalel Schatz, and her sister-in-law Zahara Schatz formed a craft workshop "Yaad" in Israel, rooted in European-American modernism.[10][11]

Her husband died in Jerusalem in 1978. She died in Jerusalem in 1997.[4] Schatz's work is in museum collections including at the British Museum,[12] and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.[13]

Personal life

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Louise had two sisters. Her sister Evelyn "Eve" Burton McClure, was the ex-wife of film director Jack Carr; actor Lyle Talbot; novelist Henry Miller; and sculptor Harry Dick Ross.[14][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "לואיז שץ". The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  2. ^ "Lovely Weaving Done by Local Craftsmen". The Bakersfield Californian. 1948-09-28. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  3. ^ a b c Ronnen, Meir (June 8, 2006). "The finest Schatz of all". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  4. ^ a b c d "Obituaries". Los Angeles Times. 1999-08-05. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  5. ^ "Big Sur Art Poses Queries". The Los Angeles Times. 1948-12-19. p. 86. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  6. ^ a b c d Hoyle, Arthur (2016-08-02). The Unknown Henry Miller: A Seeker in Big Sur. Simon and Schuster. pp. 163–165. ISBN 978-1-62872-770-8.
  7. ^ Dungan, H. L. (1948-03-28). "Accent on Living Exhibition at Mills Shows Mops, Brooms, Baby Bottles". Oakland Tribune. p. 79. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  8. ^ Register - University of California. Vol. 2. University of California, Berkeley. University of California Press. 1939. p. 43.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ^ "Licenses Issued: Schatz-McClure". Oakland Tribune. 1948-01-29. p. 39. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  10. ^ a b c d "Bezalel Schatz". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  11. ^ Schleuning, Sarah; Strauss, Cindi; Horne, Sarah; MacLeod, Martha; Perkins, Berry Lowden (2021). Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting. Yale University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-300-25457-0.
  12. ^ "Louise Schatz". British Museum. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  13. ^ "Louise Schatz". Israel Museum Information Center for Israeli Art. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  14. ^ "Mrs. Harry Dick Ross Dies; Ex-Wife of Henry Miller". The New York Times. 1966-08-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
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