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Animal Sculptures
by William B. Schade

William B. Schade (1943-2008)
 
William B. Schade was an American artist who worked in a wide variety of styles. He created eccentric and colorful images of animals; intricate hand-sewn muslin sculptures containing chickens on architectural bases, and illustrated fold-out books, amongst other types of work. His output depicting animals did not strive for accurate, scientific observation, but rather used artistic license that still allowed for them to be identifiable.

As described by reviewer William Jaeger: "Almost innocent, nearly childlike, practically playful. William B. Schade's world of invented and exaggerated animals dangles one foot in pure children's book illustration and plants the other in some strange, exquisite zone of the fine arts."

William B. Schade was born in Albany, New York and was educated at Vincentian Institute and Christian Brothers Academy. He had an undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and graduate degrees from the State University of New York at Albany (M.A. in printmaking) and the Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA in printmaking, 1973). He had fellowships from the United States Information Agency and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as a Fulbright. He had residencies at the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. He taught for over thirty years in the art department at The Sage Colleges in Troy and Albany, NY.

NOTE: We are not certain yet which of his animals are being given to the park.

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