12 Facts About Jon Schueler

Jon Schueler was an American painter known for his large-scale, abstract compositions which evoke nature.

Jon Schueler's work is included in international collections such as the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the National Gallery of Australia.

Jon Schueler was born on September 12,1916, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Jon Schueler wrote briefly for the New Haven Evening Register before joining the US Army Air Corps in September 1941.

In September 1957, Jon Schueler discovered the remote fishing village of Mallaig, Scotland.

In January 1959 Jon Schueler returned to New York and exhibited at Leo Castelli Gallery and at the Stable Gallery in 1961 and 1963.

Jon Schueler developed friendships with poet Alastair Reid, artist Kenneth Dingwall, and art historian Magda Salvesen, who became "his muse and companion".

In 1981 Jon Schueler painted in situ for six weeks during his solo exhibition The Search at Edinburgh University's Talbot Rice Art Centre.

Jon Schueler's memoir, edited by Magda Salvesen and Diane Cousineau, was published as The Sound of Sleat: A Painter's Life by Picador USA in 1999.

Jon Schueler's early painting, exhibited at his 1954 Stable Gallery solo show, evoked nature's atmospheric and rhythmic force.

Jon Schueler's work is in many public collections including the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, City Art Centre, The McManus Galleries Art Gallery and Museum, Mallaig Heritage Centre, Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, and at the National Gallery of Australia.

Jon Schueler's work is included in the art collections of the University of Edinburgh and University of Stirling in Scotland, and in Yale University, Union College, University of Wyoming, Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, and Colby College Museum of Art in the United States.