Karl Schrag

Training under Stanley William Hayter is recorded. George Johanson is recorded as having studied under Karl Schrag. Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City. Work by Karl Schrag is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery.

• Name — Karl Schrag • Born — 7 December 1912 • Birthplace — Karlsruhe, Germany • Died — 10 December 1995 • Place of death — New York, New York • Education — Académie Ranson, Art Students League of New York, Atelier 17 • Field — Artist, Educator • Spouse — Ilse Szamatolski

Schrag was born in Karlsruhe, Germany on December 7, 1912. He attended Humanistisches Gymnasium in Karlsruhe and the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva, Switzerland. From 1933 through 1938 he lived in Europe; first in Paris, where he attended the Académie Ranson, then moving to Brussels where he had a solo exhibition at Galeries Arenberg. In 1938 he moved to New York. There he studied printmaking at the Art Students League of New York, then at Atelier 17 where he was taught by Stanley William Hayter and his fellow students included Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, and Jackson Pollock. He became an American citizen in 1944. Schrag went on to work at Atelier 17 where he served for a time as director of etching. From 1954 through 1968 Schrag taught at Brooklyn College and Cooper Union. He was married to Ilse Szamatolski. Schrag had a solo show in 1947 at the Kraushaar Galleries and in 1960, a retrospective exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, and another solo show at Farnsworth Art Museum in 1992. He died on December 10, 1995, in New York City. His work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum.