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Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design

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Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design (1924 – 1984) was an art school located in San Francisco, California, best known for its courses in color and interior design. The school was founded by artist Rudolph Schaeffer.

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History

Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design was an art school founded in 1924 in San Francisco, California. Originally named the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Rhythmo-Chromatic Design, located at 136 St. Anne Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco. Other artists had studios in the Anne Street building, including Bertha Lum and Frances Wallace. In 1951 the school moved to Telegraph Hill. In the 1950s, in order to educate the public and students about Asian culture, Schaeffer invited Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri, founder of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) to give public lectures at his East-West Arts Gallery.

By 1960 the school moved to Potrero Hill at 2255 Mariposa Street. In 1984 the school closed after financial issues and disagreements in terms of direction of the school between Schaeffer and the Board of Trustees.

Notable students

A list of notable alumni from Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, in alphabetical order by last name.

  • Dorr Bothwell (1902–2002), artist, designer and author of "Notan – on the Interaction of Positive and Negative Spaces"
  • Arthur Court (1928–2015), California designer and founder of Arthur Court Designs
  • Henry Doane (1905–1999), landscape painter and commercial artist
  • Robert Douglas Eberhardt (1949–1999), founder of Environments West and the Sierra School of Interior Design in Fresno, California
  • Manny Farber (1917–2008), painter and writer
  • Robert Hutchinson (1937–2008), interior designer
  • John "Jack" Johannsen (1929–2014), Californian painter
  • Douglas Lynch (1913–2009), WPA artist, one of the artists that carved the Timberline Lodge interior
  • Robert "Bob" Miller of Miller Dolezal Design Group
  • Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli (1901–1974), WPA-era artist and muralist, enrolled in 1925
  • Lanette Scheeline (1910–2001) artist and textile designer
  • Geraldine Knight Scott (1904–1989), landscape architect
  • Michael Taylor (1927–1986), interior designer
  • Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895–1989), photographer - from Schaeffer's teachings at San Francisco Art Institute

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    Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design Wikipedia
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