Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
Fred Schumm, Rowan University's artist-in-residence, is a former U.S. Marine who lived through some of the most horrific battles of World War II. He served at Peleliu, two months of carnage on a tiny Pacific atoll where 12,000 perished and then four long months on the bloodied isle of Okinawa. Schumm, artist-in-residence since 2003, works with various hardwoods, stone, even metals. A studio in which he works at Westby Hall has pieces in various stages of completion, from an eight-foot-tall, stainless steel sculpture he calls "Aviary" to a solid, six-foot log of black locust waiting to be chiseled. Glassboro, by way of Italy and New York City. When World War II ended, Schumm returned to Colorado, where his artwork caught the attention of local newspapers and helped him land a highly competitive Fulbright scholarship to study and work for a year in Italy. Afterward, he spent a winter at the exclusive MacDowell Colony, the nation's oldest artists' retreat, in Peterborough, New Hampshire and before moving to South Jersey to raise a family, he was a working artist for 10 years in New York City.
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
1910s German Art Deco Vintage Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
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20th Century Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
Earthenware
1990s American Steampunk Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
Metal, Iron
Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
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Late 20th Century French Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
Plaster
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
Ceramic, Paint
19th Century Italian Antique Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
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Mid-20th Century German Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
Ceramic, Pottery
Late 20th Century American Modern Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
1990s American Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
1980s American Vintage Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
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1980s American Vintage Fred Schumm Decorative Objects
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