Frederick Ferdinand Schafer Painting Catalog

5. Other artists with similar names or signatures

Other artists

In the course of developing this catalog, several paintings bearing signatures with the name "Schafer", but by artists other than Frederick F. Schafer, have been encountered. For the most part the signatures, styles, and usual subject matter of these artists are sufficiently different from that of Frederick F. Schafer that it is relatively easy to distinguish them.

Some of these artists have been identified, others not. This section collects in one place what has been learned about each artist, with the intent of making it easier to distinguish paintings by these artists from those of Frederick F. Schafer, and also of encouraging reports that may provide additional information about some of the currently unidentified artists.

Artists who sign their paintings with variants of "Frederick Schafer"

• An etching artist who signs "Frederic Schaefer"

Artists who sign their paintings with variants of "F. Schäfer"

• A European or South American "F. Schäfer"
• A German artist who signs "F. Schäfer"
• A second (probably) German artist who signs "F. SCHAFER"
• Another European (?) artist who signs "F. Schäfer"
• A British or European artist who signs "F. Schaefer"
• Frances H. Schafer (Austrian/American 1924–1998)
• An (American?) artist who signs "F. Schäffer"
• An artist who signs “F. C. Schaeffer”

Artists who sign their paintings "Schafer" with no initials

• Howard Schafer (American, 1938–2004)
• One or two Kentucky (?) Schafers
• Other artists who sign their paintings "Schafer"

Artists who sign their paintings "F.S."

• Signatures with initials only

Artists named "Schafer" whose signature indicates a different first name

• Henri Schäfer (French, 1833 – 1916)
• Henry Thomas Schäfer (British, 1854 – 1922)
• Heinrich Hermann Schäfer (German, circa 1815 – ?)
• Frank Schafer
• "O. G. Shäffer"
• E. Schafer
• D. [Dirk] Schäfer
• Gg. (George?) Schäfer
• [JtF?] Schafer