Lanette Scheeline

Lanette Harriet Scheeline (September 15, 1910 - June 8, 2001) was an American artist and textile designer. Her work focused on wallpaper, textile and block printing.[1]

Lanette Scheeline
Born(1910-09-15)September 15, 1910
San Francisco, California
DiedJune 8, 2001(2001-06-08) (aged 90)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
Known forArtist and textile designer

Early life and education

Lanette Scheeline was born in San Francisco, California in 1910.[2] In 1932, she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. She studied briefly at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design and the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]

Career

She was an art teacher, and then started working at the screenprinting company Louma Prints in San Francisco.[3] In November 1936, her work was on the cover of Sunset.[2] World War II started, she left Louma and started working at a shipyard in Marin County, California. She would eventually start her own studio. It was located in Mill Valley. She started designing wallpaper. In 1940 she exhibited her work at the Golden Gate International Exposition.[1] As of 1955 she had started doing work for William Katzenbach and the design firm he ran, Katzenbach and Warren. She designed the "Tree" mural decoration. Around 1960 she relocated to New York.[3]

Later life and death

She died, on June 8, 2001, in New Jersey.[2]

Legacy

Her work is found in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.[3][4]

Selected publications
  • Katzenbach, Lois and William Katzenbach. The Practical Book of American Wallpapers. 1951.
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References
  1. "Lanette Scheeline collection, 1945-1970". Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  2. "Lanette Harriet Scheeline (1910 - 2001)". AskArt. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  3. "Lanette Scheeline". Collection. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  4. Wendy Kaplan (1 November 2011). California Design, 1930-1965: "Living in a Modern Way". MIT Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-262-01607-0. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
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