Donna N. Schuster (born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1883) was an American easel painter, who created work in the style of modern impressionism using the medium of oil and watercolor.
Schuster got her education at the Art Institute of Chicago, then later attended Boston Museum School along with Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank W. Benson.
Despite the brutal murder of her fellow student Helena Wood Smith, she returned to Carmel in 1916 and sent her paintings to the Woman’s Exhibition at the Oakland Art Gallery.
She returned as an exhibitor to the Oakland Art Gallery in 1924 when Director William Clapp organized a show of regional “Impressionists,” which was so successful that it was sent to the Los Angeles Museum.
She co-founded the California Art Club and Women Painters of the West [2] She was a member of the Group of Eight, who considered themselves modernist in their use of rich color, expressive techniques, and an emphasis on the figure.