E. Roscoe Shrader (14 December 1878 – 18 January 1960) was an American painter and art instructor known for his colorful, post-impressionistic landscapes, figures, and still lifes.
[1] He formed the Group of Eight, which included painters such as Mabel Alvarez, at his studio in Hollywood, California.
[1] He graduated from the Los Angeles Business College in 1895 and received his high school diploma in 1897 with a major in science.
[1] He was admitted to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 1901, where he studied for two years under influential professors such as John Christen Johansen, who taught luminism, tonalism, and impressionism, and Thomas Wood Stevens, a mural painter, etcher, and head of the illustration department.
[1] In 1917, Shrader returned to Los Angeles and began working for the Otis Art Institute after it was founded in 1918 as instructor in drawing, illustration, and composition, and as lecturer on anatomy.