Flora Irwin Schofield

Flora Schofield (March 6, 1871 – October 8, 1960) was an American artist known for her abstract paintings in oil and watercolor as well as her woodblock prints. Her chief subjects were still lifes, landscapes, and portraits, and her dominant style was abstract. She received her art education at the Art Institute of Chicago and at schools and ateliers in Provincetown, and Paris. In 1939, she told a critic that of all the many artists she had studied under, the Parisian cubist Albert Gleizes gave her the most useful instruction. Schofield was born in Illinois and, when not resident abroad, spent most of her career in Chicago. Schofield exhibited widely in Chicago, Provincetown, and Paris.