Frederick Ferdinand Schafer Painting Catalog

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Several small- and medium-size, roughly-finished oil and watercolor paintings apparently signed by Schafer are known. In contrast with the larger studio paintings, some of them have a uniform illumination and lack a central focus. These paintings seem to be sketches, perhaps in some cases made in the field. Most of them bear a signature consisting of block-printed letters but the letters are composed with much more rounded strokes than in the signatures found on the studio paintings. These differences lead to an attribution concern: any individual sketch may be Thus whether each of these paintings is an authentic work by Schafer is open to question.

There is also a 32-page sketchbook and a separate index of those sketchbook sketches.


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Olympic Mountains, British Columbia
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[Mount Shasta from Castle Lake 1]
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[Mount Shasta landscape near Castle Lake 1]
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[Mountain landscape 9 (Mount Shasta?)]
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On the Upper Sacramento River
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[Sierra Nevada 1]
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[The Lone rider]
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[High Sierra scene with Indians]
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[Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley 7]
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Morning in the Yosemite Valley [1]
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[Indian encampment below Mount Hood 1]
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[Homestead at Sunset] (sketch)
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On the Columbia River
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[Horse and rider in panoramic river landscape, Mount Shasta in distance]
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[California mountain landscape]
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[Mountain landscape 5]
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Yosemite Valley, California [17]
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[California mountain valley]
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Mount Hood from the Dalles, Oregon [4]
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[Morning sail]
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[Indian Encampment 1]
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Carmel Bay near Monterey, California
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[Indian Encampment 2]
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[Nevada Falls 3]
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[Setting sun]
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Shepherds Pass
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[Mountain landscape 10]
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[River landscape with cows] (sketch)
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[Snow-capped mountain scene]
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[California landscape 3]
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[Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite Valley]
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[Mount Shasta from Castle Lake 2]
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[Mount Shasta landscape near Castle Lake 2]
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[In the California Sierras]
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[Grand Canyon, Arizona]
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[Landscape with shepherd and flock]
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[Mount Shasta, California 26]
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[Midway Point, Monterey] (sketch)
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Carmelo Bay, Monterey, California (sketch)
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[Indian encampment, Mount Hood] (sketch)
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[Path through the redwoods] (sketch)
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[Yosemite Valley] (sketch 1)
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[Yosemite Valley] (sketch 2, attributed)
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[Yosemite Valley] (sketch 3)
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[Yosemite Valley] (sketch 4)
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Sentinel Dome, Yosemite (sketch, attributed)
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[Mount Shasta, California] (sketch 1)
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[Mount Shasta, California] (sketch 2, attributed)
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[Mount Shasta, California] (sketch 3)
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[Landscape with stream] (sketch)
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[Mountain scene--Mount Rainier?] (sketch)
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[Cattle by the river's edge] (sketch)
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[Pastoral] (sketch)
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[Mountain landscape with three trees] (sketch)
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[Woodland Pond] (sketch)
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[Farm House] (sketch)
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[Mountain Landscape] (sketch)

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