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Schubert (Isabel L. Fottler) Watercolor Illustrations
SMC 0166
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Isabel L. Fottler Schubert Watercolor Illustrations
Creator:
Schubert, Isabel Fottler, 1891-1978 (artist)
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0166
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
(1 archives box and 2 flat boxes)
Date: circa 1939
Abstract: 200 original watercolors of aquatic species by amateur artist Isabel L. Fottler Schubert.
Languages:
English
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Scope and Content of Collection
Isabel L. Fottler Schubert (1891-1978) was an amateur watercolorist. In the 1930s she painted this series of 200 watercolors
of aquatic species, many completed while she lived in Cortez, Florida. The paintings were arranged by Schubert into eight
groups, and include sharks, rays, morays, coral reef fishes and popular game fishes of the Atlantic, bottom fishes of the
Florida coast, Gulf of Mexico fishes, fishes common around Cape Cod, Southern California marine fishes, and fishes of lakes
and streams. A detailed index of the artworks, by group, is in Box 1.
Isabel L. Fottler Schubert (1891-1978) was an amateur watercolorist. In the 1930s she painted a series of over 200 watercolors
of aquatic species, many completed while she lived in Cortez, Florida. She alleged that specimen models for these artworks
were obtained for her by local fishermen. She exhibited her artworks at the 1939 World's Fair in New York, as well as in galleries
in Florida. She sought to have the fish images published, but was not successful. In 1974 she came into contact with Dr.
Carl L. Hubbs of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in San Diego, who encouraged her to donate this collection
of her work to the SIO Library.
Isabel L. Fottler Schubert Watercolor Illustrations. SMC 166. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Acquired 1976
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fishes in art
Fishes -- Pictorial works
Schubert, Isabel Fottler, 1891-1978 (artist)