1. Suzanne Scheuer was an American fine artist, best known for her New Deal-era murals.
13 Facts About Suzanne Scheuer
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Suzanne Scheuer painted one of the murals in Coit Tower, Newsgathering.
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Suzanne Scheuer was born in San Jose, California on February 11,1898.
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Suzanne Scheuer taught art for three years in Los Banos and Salinas public schools.
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Suzanne Scheuer then toured Europe extensively, where she gained an appreciation for murals.
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Suzanne Scheuer created a number of pencil sketches of children playing at the playground in San Francisco's Chinatown.
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In 1933, Suzanne Scheuer was chosen by Ralph Stackpole to be one of the Coit Tower muralists.
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Suzanne Scheuer lost out to John Langley Howard for "industry", and accepted the Coit Tower mural theme of "newspapers".
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Suzanne Scheuer prepared by sketching the editorial, typesetting, and printing operations at the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Suzanne Scheuer received commissions in 1938 to paint two other post office murals: Indians Moving in Caldwell, Texas and Buffalo Hunt in Eastland, Texas.
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In 1940, Suzanne Scheuer began teaching part-time at the College of the Pacific in Stockton, California while continuing to paint and sculpt.
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Suzanne Scheuer then moved to Santa Cruz, California, where her extended family had settled.
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Suzanne Scheuer designed and built six houses there, doing much of the physical and artistic work herself.