| Alice Schille | ||
| Birth Date: August 21,1869 |
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| Death Date: November 6, 1955 Artist Gallery |
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| American watercolorist Alice Schille was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1869. She was a student and twice an instructor at the Columbus Art School (now the Columbus College of Art and Design), a remarkable achievement for a woman at the turn of the century.
Schille is difficult to classify as she experimented continually with techniques and colors. The Society Nationale Beaux Arts accepted several of her early conservative oils and watercolors while she was studying in Paris in 1903. Between 1915 and 1918, she worked in New York and Philadelphia, summering in Gloucester, where she exhibited more contemporary works which were influenced by John Marin, Maurice Prendergast and Charles Demuth. As she progressed from the conventional style through realism and impressionism to the expressive abstract, her work became less naturalistic in form.
Schille adapted her style and content to each country she visited as well as different areas of the United States, particularly New England and the southwest. From time to time during the early 20s through the late 40s, Schille painted in Mexico and Guatemala, again adapting her style to reflect the spirit of the culture she was portraying. Her images are intimate, casual and cheerful statements, and for the most part unburdened with heavy symbolism. Scholars believe Schille to be one of the finest watercolor artists of her time and in the forefront of women watercolorists in America.
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