Georges Schreiber

American, 1904–1977

BiographyGeorges Schreiber was a well-known American Scene painter at the height of his career in the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Brussels, Belgium in 1904, Schreiber's earliest art instruction was the German Real Gymnasium in Brussels (1913-1918). He also studied at the Arts and Crafts School in Elberfeld, Germany (1920), and at the Academies of Fine Art in Berlin and in Dusseldorf (1922). In 1928, when he came to the United States, Schreiber contributed his drawings and cartoons to most of New York's daily papers to give himself a basis of support until he found a dealer to represent him. He set up a studio at 145 West 14th Street.
From 1936 to 1939, Georges Schreiber made six long trips touring the United States painting and sketching life from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and from Maine to Oregon.
From 1941 to 1945, Schreiber was commissioned by the United States Army and Navy to do a series of works.

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