Frederick Ferdinand Schafer Painting Catalog

What's new: Site and catalog status as of May 2024

Status

There is also a list of nearly 400 painting titles that have been found in nineteenth century title-only auction catalogs or newspaper clippings. Any of the paintings in that list may already be in the catalog but without more information, matching them is problematic. Finally, added for comparison are records of several paintings by other artists who have been or sometimes are confused with Frederick Schafer and 48 paintings sampled from a larger universe of paintings whose claimed attribution to Schafer can be questioned.

Images are included for all but 19 of the documented paintings. Some of those missing images are in hand but are not currently posted because permission has not been granted.

Recent updates to the catalog:

• May 2024
  Updated A brief biographical sketch, Schafer's background and training, Vital statistics, Chronology of events in Schafer's life, and Signature inscriptions to incorporate information from the artist's possible birth record and calling card.
  Added thumbnail index of expensive paintings.
  Added another example of Signatures with initials only (monogram 2)
  Updated provenance and photographs of Evening, Mount Shasta from Cape Horn, California and [Evening on Mount Shasta, California, from the Sacramento River 2].
  Updated provenance of In the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
  Added paintings [Indian by the Lake, Lake Tahoe] and [Road through the Trees].

• February 2024
  Added a possible birth record of Frederick Schafer, Frederick Schafer's obituary, and his wife Sophie Braun Schafer's obituary.
  Updated provenance and added color photographs of Sunset on the Willamette, Oregon, [Fisherman beneath Bridal Veil Fall], and The Sacramento Valley, California.
  Updated provenance, exhibition history, attribution discussion, and image of [Lookout Rock, Yosemite Valley] (attributed).
  Added paintings [Sunrise, Merced River], [Evening on Mount Shasta, California, from the Sacramento River 3], On Upper Sacramento River, California, [Mount Shasta (?)], [Castle Rock, Columbia River 4], and [Landscape with Cows 3].

• August 2023. Added newspaper clippings that describe 17 previously uncatalogued auction sales:
  San Jose, California, in December 1881.
  Sacramento, California, in February and April 1884 (together with a newspaper notice).
  Stockton, California, in December 1884 (together with a newspaper notice).
  Tacoma, Washington Territory, in August 1885.
  Marysville, California, in September 1885.
  Ogden, Utah Territory, in June 1886.
  Oakland, California, in September 1886.
  San Francisco, California, in December 1887.
  Los Angeles, California, in December 1887.
  Tacoma, Washington state, in December 1889 (3 clippings).
  Alameda, California, in May 1891.
  New Westminster, British Columbia, in September 1891 (ten clippings).
  Fairhaven, Washington state, in July 1892 (3 clippings).
  San Francisco, in September 1913.
  Petaluma, California, in September 1914.
  San Francisco, in December 1921.

  Other clippings added: 1880 state fair premium. A reminder about an already-catalogued auction sale in Victoria, British Columbia, in October 1909.

• July 2023. Added new paintings: Mount Shasta, California [31], [Castle Rock, Columbia River 3], Near the Cliff House / San Francisco, California, [Lake Tahoe], Lookout Rock, Yosemite Valley, California [3], Moonlight on Truckee River, California [6], Morning on Castle Rock on the Columbia River, Oregon, Morning on Mount Shasta, California [3], San Lorenzo Creek, Santa Cruz Mountains, California, [Mount Hood], Morning on Paper Mill Creek, California, [Landscape with Figures] (sketch), On Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz Mountains, California [6], [Autumn Fishing], and [Yosemite Valley with fisherman] (sketch).

  Updated records: New images and updated provenance for Moonlight on the Truckee River [2], Mount Shasta, California [6], Cape Horn, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, [River landscape with cows] (sketch), In Sacramento Valley, California, [House, cattle, and geese by a river], and [Mount Hood from Hood River, Oregon, Evening]. Updated provenance and larger image of [Mountain landscape with three trees] (sketch). Updated provenance for North Heads on the Pacific Coast, California, [Morning on Fallen Leaf Lake 1], [Los Gatos Creek 2], and [Woodland Pond] (sketch). Added dimension information to and expanded the Note on [Landscape with Dirt Road and Field of Flowers]. Added a 1990 exhibition to View from Beacon Hill, Victoria, British Columbia.

  Other changes: Added a second (probably) German artist to the page of Other artists with similar names or signatures and a ninth example to the page of Signatures with initials only. Added a new section 3.6 to Painting sizes, media, and number discussing copies and reproductions.

• April 2022. Revised display appearance to be more mobile-friendly (should not affect the appearance on desktop computers). Added the catalog of a November 1885 auction sale in San Francisco of 212 Schafer oil paintings,which led to about 100 additions to Paintings known only by title". Updated info and images of [Indian Encampment 3] and added cross-references with [Indian Encampment 4].

• October 2021. Added new paintings Evening on Mount Hood, Oregon (attributed), [Yosemite Valley] (sketch 5), Autumn Evening, Spring morning [3], [Mountain Landscape] (sketch), [Yosemite Valley with Figures], Sunset on Pacific Coast near Monterey, California, and [Evening on Lassen Peak].

  Changed status of [La Grange Dam] (provisional title) from "Paintings Known only by Title" to "Unidentified". Added Heinrich Hermann Schäfer (German, circa 1815 – ?) to the list of Other artists with similar names or signatures.

  Updated provenance, added verso title photograph, and renamed Morning on Fallen Leaf Lake, California [4]. Updated provenance, added larger and signature images, and renamed Evening on Lassen Peak, Sierra Nevada Mountains. Updated provenance of and added verso title photograph and better signature photograph to High Peaks in the Rocky Mountains. Updated provenance and added verso title photograph to Blue Canyon, Sierra Nevada Hills. Updated notes and provenance, added new photos, and added brackets to the title of [Falling leaves]. Updated provenance and photos of [Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley 2], [Indians overlooking river with snow-covered range in background], Mount Shasta, California [29], and On the Bosporus, Turkey [2]. Updated provenance and photos, added signature photo, and added second note for [Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite Valley, California 13]. Larger photograph, updated provenance and added signature inscription photograph of [Los Gatos Creek 2]. Larger photograph, updated provenance and added verso inscription photograph of [Three Brothers, Yosemite Valley] and [Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley, California 14]. Updated provenance of After the storm in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah, Deer Creek, Yosemite Valley, Indians hunting in Yosemite Valley, [Lake scene], In the foothills, near Sausalito, California, In the pasture, [Ross Valley], Evening on Mount Shasta, California [2] (attributed), Sunset on Cape St. Lucas, Pacific Ocean, In the Colorado Mountains, and Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley [15].

  Added recently located newspaper clippings that mention Schafer paintings (mostly auctions) on 5 October 1876, 4 June 1881, 7 June 1881 (Adding five new titles and updating one in the list of paintings known only by title), 23 November 1881, 26 November 1881, 25 January 1882, 10 August 1882, 25 November 1882, 12 December 1882, 21 June 1883, 13 July 1883, 20 September 1883, 20 November 1883 (sale 22 November), 26-29 December 1883, 11 April 1884, 19 September 1884 (sale 18 September), 29 November 1884 (sale 2 December), 18 February 1885, 9 March 1885, 15 April 1887 (sale 14-15 April), 2 May 1889 (sale 3 May), 30 May-3 June 1892, 10 October 1892, 16 August 1910, and Los Angeles Times 28 May 2006 (sale 4 June) and 27 May 2007 (sale 3 June).

• December 2020. Added photographs and provenance to previously unidentified Sunset on the Three Sisters [4] and [Yosemite Valley and Bridal Veil Fall from the Valley Floor 4]. Added signature photograph to Evening on Goose Lake. Added sale prices to provenance of Deer Creek, Yosemite Valley and Indians hunting in Yosemite Valley. Updated provenance of In the foothills, near Sausalito, California. Added new photographs of Mountain of the Holy Cross [1] and Evening on Mount Tamalpais, California [1] Added a third example to the page of Other artists who sign their paintings "Schafer" and seventh and eighth examples to the page of Signatures with initials only. Added "La Grange Dam" to Paintings known only by title. Reprocessed images of The Gorge, Victoria, British Columbia and added an 1895 photograph of the site.
  Added new painting Sunset on Cape St. Lucas, Pacific Ocean and updated the "Move to California" section of Travels of the artist with additional evidence in support of the conjecture that Schafer traveled from New York to San Francisco by way of Panama. Added new paintings Castle Rock on the Columbia River, Washington Territory, [Landscape with Dirt Road and Field of Flowers], [Mount Hood from Hood River 11], [A Mountain Lake, with a Sailboat and a Town in the Distance] (attributed), [Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite Valley, California 13], On Napa Creek, California, In the Colorado Mountains, [California Wooded River Landscape], [Stroller on a (Mediterranean?) Path], Morning Lake Tahoe, [Three Brothers, Yosemite Valley], [Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley, California 14], Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley [15], Mount Shasta from Shasta Creek, California and [Mountain Landscape, Cabin].

• November 2020. Revised the text that accompanies Indians in desert locales. Added exhibition California Artists 1860 – 1930 and updated exhibition history of [Mountain peak 1]. Updated provenance of [Indians on the warpath] and added it to both the index of paintings currently held in museums and public collections and the list of Museums and other public collections that hold paintings by Schafer. Added photographs and an attribution discussion and updated details of previously unidentified [Approaching Rain] (attributed). Updated provenance and size of Sketchbook [ca 1891] and each of the sketches in that sketchbook. Updated provenance and added signature and verso images of The Bridal Veil Fall and El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley, California, Deer Creek, Yosemite Valley, Indians hunting in Yosemite Valley, and Mount Hood from The Dalles, Oregon [1]. Added fuller documentation and images of Mount Shasta, California [18] and [Homestead at Sunset] (sketch). Updated provenances of [Mount Rainier], Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley (sketch), [Farm House] (sketch), [Yosemite Valley] (sketch 4), After the storm in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah, and Autumn on Lake George. Added photograph and info to formerly unidentified painting [Indian Village, Mountain Valley]. Added previously uncatalogued paintings [Mediterranean Panorama 1], [Mediterranean Panorama 2], [Mediterranean Panorama 3], [Mountain Valley] (sketch), [Forest Tunnel] and [High Sierra Scene].

• August 2020. Minor structural update to document accessibility. The only new content is that the artist described as unknown in An etching artist who signs "Frederic Schaefer" has now been identified.

• April 2019. Revised heading text for the image index of sketches.

  Updated provenance and images of [Pines on a Hillside], [Mount Shasta, California] (sketch 3), and [Indian encampment above Yosemite Valley]. Updated provenance and added new images of Moonrise on Sacramento River, California [2] and [Mountain landscape with three trees] (sketch). Added larger image of recto inscription of Evening on Mount Shasta, California [2] (attributed). Updated provenance of [Mount Hood from Hood River, Oregon 3].

  Added new paintings Evening in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, [Campfire and Fisherman by Moonlight] (attributed), On San Lorenzo Creek, Santa Cruz Mountains, California [2], Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley, California [11], [Mountain Landscape with Pinnacle], Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley, California [12], [Evening on Mount Shasta, California, from the Sacramento River 2], Old Woolen Mill in the Catskills, New York, Autumn on Lake George, Autumn in the White Mountains [3], Morning near Sausalito, California, Morning on Fallen Leaf Lake, California [4], In the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Truckee, California, Morning on the McCloud River, California, Mount Hood from Hood River, Oregon (10), [Indian Encampment 4], Approaching Storm, [Mount Shasta from Castle Lake 4] (sketch), Chimney Rock, Sierra Nevada Mountains, [Morning in the Lava Beds], High Peaks in the Rocky Mountains, Blue Canyon, Sierra Nevada Hills, Evening on Mount Hood from Hood River, Oregon, Mount Shasta [31], Lassen Butte, California, [Alpine Landscape with Distant Waterfall], [Woodland Pond] (sketch), [Sioux Indian Camp, Dakota] [Farm House] (sketch), Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley (sketch) (was unidentified), [Yosemite Valley] (sketch 4), [The Rocky Mountains] and [Indian Village, Mountain Valley] (unidentified).

• January 2019. Added a recently emerged 32-page Sketchbook [ca 1891] that contains 36 sketches together with a thumbnail index of the sketches.

  Updated provenance, exhibition, citation, and notes for three paintings associated with The Society of California Pioneers: [Indian scene, Northwest], [Three Brothers, Yosemite (valley view)], and [Scene in Guatemala]. Updated provenance of Catskill Fall, Catskill Mountains, New York, [Northwestern landscape with buck and doe near a body of water], Evening on Mount Shasta, California [2] (attributed), Morning on Silver Lake, California [3], In the Adorandacks [2], [Lake scene], and In the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Updated title and verso inscription of Evening on the Alameda Marshes.

  Added new images and updated provenance information of The Black Butte, Shasta in distance, from Sissons, California, [The Three Sisters, Oregon 1], [Morning on Fallen Leaf Lake 1], [Horse and rider in panoramic river landscape, Mount Shasta in distance], Morning in the Yosemite Valley, View from Artist's Point, Morning on Lake George, and [High Sierra scene with Indians]. Added new image of West coast Indians near Victoria, British Columbia

  Added the title page and one interior page of an 1880 exhibition at the Walker Mansion in Oakland, California; a five-page catalog for an 1882 auction in San Francisco; four newspaper clippings including a title catalog for an 1885 auction in Victoria, British Columbia; the cover and one page from a catalog for a 1911 New York City auction; and three pages from a catalog for a 1912 San Francisco auction along with an advertisement of that auction. Based on those catalogs, added or updated 62 titles in paintings known only by title and updated the probable provenance of one of those titles, Moonlight on the Sound, Victoria.

  Updated the paragraphs about West coast travels in Travels of the artist with information and perspectives from the added newspaper clippings.

• February 2017. Changes to both content and format.
  Content: Added a photograph of the artist to the home page and to Schafer's background and training together with the photograph of his purported easel. Added 75 titles from the May 1886 catalog of an exhibition and sale in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. Revised the text of About the artist (the art history pages) to incorporate recent discoveries. Added a legend to Legends and myths about Schafer. Updated the Copyright Notice to account for recent changes in copyright law and learning of paintings in the hands of the artist's heirs. Revised description of Mount Hood [from Hood River, Oregon 8] in light of additional information and photographs, including daylight/UV comparison images of the signature and a better verso inscription image. Revised Signature inscriptions to include a signature that omits the first initial. New images of After a storm in the Rocky Mountains, [Castle Rock, Columbia River 1], In the Adirondacks [1], [Mount Shasta, California 3], [Sentinel Rock, Yosemite 2], [View of San Francisco Bay and shore - Mount Tamalpais], and [Mount Shasta from Castle Lake 3]. Added large images of After the storm in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah, [In the Sacramento Valley 2], Morning on Lake Tahoe from Tahoe City, [Yosemite Valley from Union Point], and Autumn in the Adirondacks [4]. Updated attribution discussion of [Yosemite waterfall (sketch)]. Updated provenance of [Castle Rock, Columbia River, at sunset] and On the Bosporus, Turkey [2]. Added new paintings [Encampment in a Forest Clearing] and [Mount Hood from Hood River, Oregon, Evening], a 1962 exhibition catalog, and an additional example of work by An artist who signs “F. C. Schaeffer”.

  Format: Minor modernization of the design and format of much of the web site for improved readability, navigation, and conformance with newer web standards. Clicking on an image now always leads to a larger version of that image, if one is available. Redesigned the page of Lists and indexes and the title index for ease of use. Titles starting with "A" or "The" are now properly alphabetized. Moved paintings known only by title out of the general catalog into in a separate list and added links to any available images of each title source. Reduced the number of footnotes by replacing citations of 19th century newspaper clippings with links to the images of those clippings. Renamed the "mechanics" section to Documentation conventions and added a page of Abbreviations used in the catalog. Added lists of handled paintings to the citations of Art Galleries and Dealers.

• September 2016. Added images of a May 1886 catalog of an exhibition and sale in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory.

  Added about 100 images of newspaper clippings recently located by James Marquardt and about 50 images scanned from newspaper clippings accumulated earlier. Specific clippings of interest include a series of ten reports and advertisements of an auction sale in San Francisco of paintings exhibited at the 1884 Mechanics' Fair; a series of eight reports of a visit to Los Angeles in February 1886; a series of seven reports of the already mentioned catalog sale in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, in May 1886; a series of six reports of a visit to Seattle, Washington, in May 1890; a series of six reports of a visit to Santa Cruz, California, in May 1891; a series of five reports of a visit to Vancouver, British Columbia, in September 1891; a series of six reports of a visit to Ogden, Utah Territory, in November 1891; and a series of eleven reports of a visit to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, in December 1891; each saying that he planned to exhibit and sell paintings, and in some cases to open a teaching studio.

  Links to all of the added clippings can be found in Newspaper mentions. There is now a link to an original image for all but a few clippings cited on that page dated through 1923. (Images of clippings later than 1923 are not included because they are still under copyright.)

  Rearranged auction sale citations into two lists, All auction sales and Primary painting sales (those for which the consigner was the artist).

  Began identifying paintings known only by title in anticipation of making them a separate category.

  Made several changes to the text based on the added newspaper clippings: Made a major revision in the 1885 to 1891 paragraphs of Travels of the artist. Expanded the descriptions of Primary painting sales in Seattle, Santa Cruz, Vancouver, Ogden, and Salt Lake City. Updated Schafer's background and training with newspaper citations verifying that Schafer painted theatre scenery and advertised classes in painting. Expanded 1 in Comments by others about the work of Frederick F. Schafer to alert reader to be wary of newspaper reviews that may be based on press releases.

  Added signature image to On San Lorenzo Creek near Felton, Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Added new paintings Moonlight in the Santa Cruz Mountains and Reproduction of "Elaine, or The Vacant Chair" by Toby Rosenthal (both known only by title).

• July 2016. Revised the form for provenance information of newly-added and updated paintings to follow current recommendations of best practices by the Kress Foundation, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Getty. The significant changes are to include more detailed information about ownership transfers and to place that detail between the prior and next owner records.

  (Much) better image for On San Lorenzo Creek, Santa Cruz Mountains, California [1] from the collector. Updated provenance and images of [Yosemite Valley 16] and Eddy's Peak, Northern California. Updated provenance and added verso image for Sentinel Rock, Yosemite Valley [6]. Updated provenance and added images and image cross-references to [Still life with watermelon and banana] and [Still life with fruit]. Updated provenance of Winter on the Plains and [Yosemite waterfall (sketch)]. Added index of buffalo on the Great Plains. Added an entry for An (American?) artist who signs "F. Schäffer" to Other artists with similar names or signatures.

  Added new paintings Autumn on South Lake, Catskill Mountains, New York, In the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, [Alpine landscape (?) or Western landscape (?)], On San Lorenzo Creek near Felton, Santa Cruz Mountains, California, [Sunset on the Three Sisters 6], Evening on Truckee River between Truckee and Lake Tahoe, [Cows along a dirt road with mountains in the distance], [Mount Hood, Oregon 3], Mount Hood [from Hood River, Oregon 8], [Cattle by the river's edge] (sketch), Evening on Santa Cruz River, California, [Mountain landscape 11], Morning on Lake George, [Pastoral] (sketch), Mount Shasta, California [30], Evening on the Alameda Marshes, [Mountain composition 3 (Matterhorn? and Dent d'Hérens?)], [Western mountains] (attributed), [Pond in the woods] (by a different F. Schäffer), [Mountain scene], Mount Hood from Hood River, Oregon [9] and Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley (sketch).

• February 2016. Those paintings probably attributable to Schafer but that are unsigned or signed erroneously with the names of other artists now have "(attributed)" appended to their titles. Added new paintings [The Three Sisters, Oregon] (questioned attribution), [Mount Shasta, California] (sketch 3), On the Bosporus, Turkey [2], Schonchin's Rock, Lava Beds in Distance (attributed), [Still Life in plein air], Evening on Mount Shasta from Cape Horn on the Upper Sacramento River, California, On the Coast of Maine, In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, On the Cloud River, [Alpine lake], On Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, Evening, Indian camp in Yosemite Valley, California, On Slate Creek, California [3], The Lake of Everlasting Fire, Sandwich Islands, Point Bonita near San Francisco, California, Hunters camp [2], [Desert landscape with Indians and tepee 2], Headwaters of the McCloud River, California, [Autumn river scene 2] (attributed), Young hiker, [Forest lake sunset] (attributed), [Rider on trail below Mount Shasta], and The Three Sisters [8]. Updated the description, attribution, and notes of [Still life with fruit] and [Still life with watermelon and banana]. Updated the title, description, notes, and images of [Indian camp in Winter 1]. Updated the title, description, and notes of [Desert landscape with Indians and tepee I]. Updated the provenance, notes, and images of On the Columbia River [Fort Lugenbeel]. Updated the provenance of The Alps of California [2] and Morning on Silver Lake, California [3]. Updated title and attribution discussion of Landschaft im Fruehling by Friedrich Schaper (1869-1956) Added image of [Indian encampment above Yosemite Valley]. Revised the description and organization of the index page of Indians in desert locales. Merged a duplicate record into [The Three Sisters, Oregon, in alpine glow] (questioned attribution).

• June 2015. Added image of Frederick Schafer's death certificate. Added images of about 40 newspaper clippings, many of which were recently located by James Marquardt. Links to these clippings can be found in Newspaper mentions. Updated Travels of the artist, Chronology of events in Schafer's life, Exhibitions, and All auction sales with events reported in the newly added newspaper clippings. Added 12 new (known only by title) paintings from newly located old auction advertisements. Updated provenance of [A Study for Yosemite Valley] (questioned attribution) and [Yosemite Valley from Artist's Point, California 5]. Added new paintings [Indian camp and fishing boat below a butte], The Three Sisters, Oregon [7], Mount Shasta, California [29], [Last Light of Day], [Yosemite Valley 19], [Mountain scene--Mount Rainier?] (sketch), [Riders approaching Mount Shasta (?)], Mount Shasta from the Sacramento River, California, Morning, Yosemite Valley, from Artist's Point, California, El Capitan and Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley from the Meadow, California, Moonrise on Sacramento River, California [2], [Tropical scene 2], [Tropical scene 3], and [Yosemite waterfall (sketch)] (questioned attribution).

• May 2015. Updated Travels of the artist and Chronology of events in Schafer's life to describe Schafer's 1888 visit to Chicago. Added images of the reports (image1, image2) of that visit in (Chicago) The Sunday Inter Ocean and added a mention of the visit to five descriptions of paintings that emerged in modern times in Illinois. New photos of [Still life with fruit], including a high-resolution image. New color photos and updated provenance for North Heads on the Pacific Coast, California and [Yosemite Valley] (sketch 3). Additional provenance for [Grand Canyon, Arizona]. Added [Monk on forest path] as a second example to the page of Another European (?) artist who signs "F. Schäfer". Added paintings [On Tulare Lake 2], Moonrise in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, Sentinel Dome, Yosemite (sketch, attributed), Moonrise on Sacramento, California [1], [Mount Shasta, California] (sketch 2, attributed), [The Three Sisters, Oregon, in alpine glow] (questioned attribution), Near Glenwood, Santa Cruz Mountains, [Girl feeding chickens], Evening on Mount Shasta, California [2] (attributed) (unsigned), Mount Shasta, California [28], Evening on Mount Shasta, California, from the Sacramento River [1], [Evening, Mount Tamalpais from Ross Valley?], [Native American river encampment], and [Landscape with stream] (sketch). Added "Other artists named Schafer" page for An etching artist who signs "Frederic Schaefer". Added another example to the page of One or two Kentucky (?) Schafers. Added several citations to (Salt Lake City) The Herald, newspaper reports of Schafer visits to Salt Lake City in 1886 and 1891. Added color thumbnail image for In the Adirondacks [1]. Adding paintings [River and mountain scene] (questionable attribution), [Mount Shasta from Castle Lake 3], [Indian encampment, Mount Hood] (sketch), Evening on Mount Tamalpais, California [5], [Shepherd and his flock in Winter], [Mountain landscape with sailboats], Morning on Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley California [3], Mount Baker, British Columbia [?], [Lassen Peak? 2], [Man Fishing in a mountain stream], [Yosemite Valley] (questionable attribution), The Hunters breakfast, Lookout Rock, Yosemite Valley [1], Mt Hood from the Dalles, Oregon (unidentified), [Waterfall] (questionable attribution), [Yosemite Valley] (sketch 2, attributed), Donner Lake [6], On Slate Creek, California [2], Donner Lake in the Sierras, California [7], Morning on Silver Lake, California [3], [Ross Valley], Sunset on Mount Shasta, [Path through the redwoods] (sketch), and [Yosemite Valley] (sketch 3). Added high-resolution image of Cypress Point, Monterey [1]. Added images and updated the provenances of Morning on Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California Point Bonita Lighthouse near San Francisco, California. Updated provenances of Winter morning, Sentinel Rock, Yosemite Valley [6], and In the Adorandacks [2]. Retitled [Yosemite from the Merced] to [Morning on Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, California [2].

• September 2014. Added scanned document images img8086, img8087, img8088, img8089, img8090, and img8091 and updated Brief biographical sketch, Vital statistics, Travels of the artist, Chronology of events in Schafer's life, Newspaper mentions, Publications other than Newspapers, and Legends and myths about Schafer to incorporate results of recent research by James Marquardt concerning Schafer's immigration to the United States and travel to California. Added index of paintings currently held in museums and public collections. Added the artist who painted Amish Boys to Other artists who sign their paintings "Schafer". Added painting [Morning on the Three Sisters, Oregon].

• August 2014. Added page to Other artists with similar names or signatures for Frances H. Schafer (Austrian/American 1924–1998) and updated pages for Henri Schäfer (French, 1833 – 1916), One or two Kentucky (?) Schafers, and A European or South American "F. Schäfer". Replaced recto image and added signature image for Morning in the Yosemite Valley [1]. Updated provenance and replaced signature image for Morning on Feather River, California. Added images, updated provenance, and revised attribution discussion of [Mount Shasta 19] and [Mount Rainier at sunset]. Added images and updated provenance for Cypress Point, Monterey [1], [Lone pine in a mountainous landscape], Winter morning, Mount Tamalpais from Ross Valley, California [2],Indian Head in the Lava Beds, and [Indian Encampment 1]. Revised title and text description of Indians in desert locales index to include lava beds of northern California. Added note on reproduction of [Buffalo stampede - prairie fire]. Updated provenance of Catskill Fall, Catskill Mountains, New York, [Mount Hood, Columbia River 1], The Alps of California [2], [In the California Sierras], [Mount Shasta, California 26], [Mount Hood from Hood River, Oregon 7] (attributed), [Golden Gate, San Francisco Bay],[Hillside in the Sierras], [Utah scene 2], and [Yosemite Valley from Artist's Point, California 5]. New images, including signature, for [Morning on Mount Shasta 1].

• Fall 2013. Fixed nine broken links. Corrected year of death of Henry Thomas Schafer.

• April 2012. Updated exhibition record for [Yosemite Valley 3]. Updated images and added signature image for Morning on Mount Shasta, 14,400 feet high from Shasta Lake, California Added [Mount Shasta 27], [Hillside in the Sierras], [Morning on Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, California [2], Morning on Fallen Leaf Lake, Sierras [3], [Utah scene 2], In the pasture, [Indian camp in Winter 2], On the Feather River, [Mount Hood from the Columbia River at Cape Horn] (attributed) (attributed), [Yosemite Valley from Artist's Point, California 5], [Moonrise on Fallen Leaf Lake], [Mount Hood from the Columbia River 3], On the Merced River [5], [Huge Indian encampment], On Fallen Leaf Lake, California, Spring morning [2], Storm on the coast of Maine, [Lookout Rock - Yosemite Valley 2]. Added paintings attributed to but probably not by this Schafer [California landscape], [Tourist party viewing Yosemite].

  Updated Other artists with similar names or signatures section, adding artist An artist who signs “F. C. Schaeffer”. and painting of Avenue de Mayo, Buenos Aires for A European or South American "F. Schäfer".

• March 2012. Updated provenance for [Mount Shasta, California 8], [Indians on the warpath], [Lone pine in a mountainous landscape], and Yosemite Valley, California, from Artist's Point [1] (attributed). Updated provenance and images for Autumn Evening in the White Mountains, New Hampshire [1], [Mount Hood, Columbia River, sailboats], and Morning on Feather River, California. Added unidentified painting [Miwok Indian encampment]. Previously unidentified [Snow cap mountain] is now identified with updated provenance and an image. Added "Other artists named Schafer" page for [JtF?] Schafer and A British or European artist who signs "F. Schaefer". Added paintings Antony's Nose, Hudson River, New York, [Grand Canyon, Arizona], [Landscape with shepherd and flock], [Bear Lake in the Wasatch Mountains 7], [Mount Shasta, California 26], Evening, Mount Tamalpais from the Junction, Ross Valley, California, Autumn in the White Mountains, New Hampshire [2], Winter on the Plains, [Midway Point, Monterey] (sketch), [Yosemite Valley] (sketch 1), [Mount Hood, Columbia River 2], [Yosemite Valley and Bridal Veil Fall from the Valley Floor 3], Carmelo Bay, Monterey, California (sketch), On the Columbia River [Fort Lugenbeel], [Mount Hood from Hood River, Oregon 7] (attributed), [Golden Gate, San Francisco Bay], [Still life with fruit], [Three Brothers, Yosemite]. Added painting attributed to but probably not by this Schafer [A woodland path].

• January 2012. Added index of lakeside scenes. Updated provenance and images for After a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Summit Station, Central Pacific Railroad, [Indians on the warpath], Morning on the lava beds, Sunset on Mount Shasta from Sissons, California (attributed), [Lake scene], Carmel Mission, California, and [Yosemite Valley 16]. New high-res images of Evening on the Amazon River, South America and its verso. New verso image of Yosemite Valley, California [7] (attributed). Better image for [Mount Tamalpais 2]. Updated provenance of The Sacramento Valley, California, On Truckee River, California [2], Spring on Alameda Point, [Indian Encampment 1], and North Dome and Royal Arches, Yosemite Valley. Added brushstroke analysis of signature inscription on signature image of Carmel Mission, California. Standardized the descriptions of signature inscriptions in the artist's block-letter hand and rounded sketch hands. Added paintings Eddy's Peak, Northern California, [River landscape with cows] (sketch), In Sacramento Valley, California, The Alps of California [2], [Pines on a Hillside],[Snow-capped mountain scene], [Mountain lake 2], [California landscape 3], [Mount Shasta from Castle Lake 2], The Three Sisters, Oregon [6], On Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz Mountains, California [5], [Yosemite landscape with deer], Silver Lake below Lake Tahoe, California, [Girl with basket on a country path], [Mount Shasta landscape near Castle Lake 2], Marysville Buttes, Sacramento Valley, California, Yosemite Valley from Union Point looking South, Morning in the Yosemite Valley, View from Artist's Point, Autumn in the Adirondacks [4], Mount Brewer, Sierra Nevada Mountains and [In the California Sierras]. Added unidentified paintings [Forest interior with stream], [Western mountain scene with figures and horses], [Landscape with a Eucalyptus grove], and [Untitled 2]. Added unsigned but probably by Schafer paintings [Morning on Mount Shasta 2] (attributed) and The North Heads, Pacific Coast (attributed). Added paintings attributed to but probably not by Schafer [Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite Valley], [Mount Hood] (unsigned "manner of Schafer"), [The Three Sisters, Oregon, in alpine glow], and [Vernal Fall, Yosemite].

• November 2011. Updated info for [Mountain landscape 7]; added info and better photo for [A Sierra lake with snow-capped peaks beyond]. Added better signature inscription photo for [Two Indians in a desert landscape]. Better photo for Colquitz Creek near Victoria, British Columbia. Added verso title photo for Morning in the Adirondac Mountains [4]. Revised "Addenda to signatures" on Signature Inscriptions page.

• February 2011. Additional verso image for [Rural landscape 1]. Retitled Headwaters of the Columbia River and added verso detail image. Retitled [Indian encampment in the Wasatch Range, Utah], identified the site, added provenance and citations. Added provenance, site description, and citations to On Lake Blanche, Wasatch Mountains, Utah. Added citation to Olpin, Robert S. et al., Painters of the Wasatch Mountains. New images for [Mount Hood, Columbia River 1], Mount Shasta [9], and [Mount Hood, Oregon 2]. Reprocessed image of Yosemite Valley, California [7] (attributed). Additional signature image for North Dome and Royal Arches, Yosemite Valley. Added "other artists named Schafer" page for Gg. (George?) Schäfer. Added new index category for sunset scenes. Added references to record numbers from Inventory of American Paintings… to about a dozen paintings. Added Los Angeles exhibition to [Indian encampment near Mount Rainier]. Added scans of a typed inventory and a handwritten inventory of the paintings of San Francisco collector Paul E. McCarthy. Added new catalog records for recently emerged paintings Eucalyptus trees, [Mount Rainier], In the White Mountains [2], [Arrival in the Valley of the Yosemite, Half Dome in the distance], [Setting sun], Mount Tamalpais from Ross Valley, California [5], [Sierra Nevada 2], Morning in the Adirondacks [3], On Dry Creek, Evening on Donner Lake, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California [2], [On Merced River, California 4], In the Adorandacks [2], Shepherds Pass (attribution question), In the San Joaquin Valley, [Mountain landscape 10], [House, cattle, and geese by a river], Mount Hood from the Dalles, Oregon [6], Mount Tamalpais, California [4], [Country path], [Moonlit landscape], [Mount Shasta 25], [Mt Shasta?] (attribution question), Tropical landscape (attribution question), Morning on the Three Sisters (data only), [Three men on horseback in the Sierras], [Three tepees below a waterfall], Morning on Feather River, California, and Morning in the Adirondac Mountains [4].

• January 2011. Added Morning on the Moonlight Rock, Yosemite Valley (attributed), [Nevada Falls 3], [Buffalo stampede - prairie fire], [Sioux village at night], Sunset near Esquimalt Bay near Victoria, B.C., Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Autumn Evening on the Willamette, Mount Tamalpais from Ross Valley, California [4], [Yosemite Valley 8], [Indians and canoe at lake edge (Mount Hood?)], Headwaters of the Columbia River, [Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley 11], [Mount Shasta, California 24], [Umber glow], Point Bonita Lighthouse near San Francisco, California, [Indian Encampment 3], Sentinel Rock, Yosemite Valley, California [8], On Truckee River, California [2], and Morning on Clear Lake. Updated the provenance of Moonlight on the Pacific Coast near Monterey [2] (reprocessed image), [Morning sail], [Castle Rock, Columbia River, at sunset], On the coast (new image of signature detail), In the foothills, near Sausalito, California, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, [Tropical scene 1] (new image), [Forest stream] (new image), [Los Gatos Creek 1] (new image). Added four citations to 1891 editions of the Ogden Standard newspaper. Merged "Butterfield" and "Butterfield West" auctions into a single list under the current name "Bonhams & Butterfields". The official place names "Bridalveil Fall" and "Bridalveil Meadow" are now used throughout the text, but painting titles provided by the artist in the form of verso inscriptions, such as "Bridal Veil Fall" or "Bridal Veil Falls", are preserved.

• November 2010. Updated with new image and corrections: Near Felton, Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Updated provenance and new images: Sunset on Mount Shasta from Cape Horn.

• September 2010. Merged [Indian encampment below Mount Hood 1] with a record previously listed as unidentified. Updated Site descriptions for all Castle Rock paintings. Updated [Indian encampment below Mount Hood 2]. Added [Country stream and landscape] (different F. Schafer?). Reprocessed the images of Carmelo Bay near Monterey, California. Updated with new photographs, new provenance, or both: [Indian encampment below Mount Hood 1], [Castle Rock, Columbia River, at sunset], Indians on Puget sound, near Port Townsend, Washington Territory, [Lake scene], [Nevada Falls 1], On Merced River, California [3], [A Sierra lake with snow-capped peaks beyond], [Two Indians in a desert landscape]. Added [Indian encampment above Yosemite Valley] to index of Indian encampments as incidental subjects. Added [Indian Encampment 2].

• June 2008. Added Sentinel Rock, Yosemite Valley (signed "F.S." by Fred Swanwell), Morning on Fallen Leaf Lake, California [2], Evening on Fallen Leaf Lake, California [2], Mount Baker from Twin Lakes, Carmel Bay near Monterey, California, On San Lorenzo Creek, Santa Cruz Mountains, California [1], [Yosemite Valley and Bridal Veil Fall from the Valley Floor 1], [Yosemite Valley and Bridal Veil Fall from the Valley Floor 1], A Summer night, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, [Country stream and landscape]. Updated with new provenance information, new photographs, or both: The Alps of California [1], Moonlight on the Truckee River, California [5], The Sacramento Valley, California. Updated discussion of Signatures with initials only and added an example.

• May 2008. Big update, adding 27 paintings that emerged between September 2004 and January 2006: Hunters camp [1], The Yosemite Valley from Artist's Point, California [4], Evening on Carmel River, Monterey, California, In the foothills, near Sausalito, California, On Deer Creek [2], [Mountain landscape 8], [Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley 10], [Yosemite Valley 18], [Still life with watermelon and banana], Moonlight on the Truckee River, California [5], [Mount Shasta (?)], [Evening on Mount Tamalpais 4], On Merced River, California [2], On Merced River, California [3], Sacramento River, On Russian River, California [3], Mount Tamalpais from Ross Valley, California [3], Olympics from Vancouver, British Columbia, [Jordan Valley, Utah], Evening on the Amazon River, South America, [Fishing in the High Sierras], Sacramento River, [Mount Shasta, California 23], On the Powder Mill Creek, On Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz Mountains, California [4], [Plains Indians in a desert valley], [Indian Encampment 1]. Three paintings were reported without enough information to identify them: Yosemite Valley, Morning on Mount Shasta, California, from Shasta Lake and Along the coast - Monterey, California.

  Information about [Indian scene, Northwest], Moonlight on the Truckee River [3], [A Sierra lake with snow-capped peaks beyond], [Forest path], and Spring morning [1] has been updated with provenance changes, new photographs, or both.

  Pages about Other artists with similar names or signatures have been reorganized, adding both new examples and new artists: [river scene], [river scene], [River scene], [Pastoral scene with church steeple on the horizon], [Moonlit landscape with windmills], [Watering the horses], [Scene near Salt Lake, UT].

• April 2008. Minor update, correcting reported errors, updating reported provenance changes for already-catalogued paintings, and adding new photographs to After a storm in the White Mountains, Autumn Evening in the White Mountains, New Hampshire [1], [Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley 5], Chimney Rock, French Broad Region, West Carson, [Indian camp in the desert] (previously had no photograph), [Lone pine in a mountainous landscape], Mount Shasta, California [7], [Mount Shasta, California 8], [Old Roscoe on the Truckee River],On Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz Mountains, California [2], North Dome and Royal Arches, Yosemite Valley, Spring on Alameda Point, and Evening on Mount Shasta, California [1]. Added photographs to previously unlocated paintings Eddy's Peak near Mount Shasta, California, Half Dome, Yosemite, California from the Merced River, Morning, Mount Hood from The Dalles, Oregon [5], Autumn on Deer Creek, California, and [Sentinel Rock, Yosemite Valley 7]. Added inscription information for the nine paintings in the Gilcrease Museum. Fixed a glitch in the grand tour that made it hard to reach the paintings added in September 2004.

• September 2004. Major update, consisting of addition of 32 paintings that have emerged in the last 12 months: Morning in the Tropics, Spring morning [1], On the Columbia River, Donner Lake, California [5], Morning on Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, California [1], The Winter camp, Inquisitive Buffalo, The Yosemite Valley from Artist's Point, California [3], Morning on Mount Shasta, from Strawberry Valley, California, Buffalo hunting in Montana, The Spires of Yosemite Valley, On the Lookout, Indians of Montana, Morning on Silver Lake, California [2], Sunset at Lake Tahoe, Sunset on the Three Sisters [5], [Twilight with Mount Shasta in the Distance]. Cape Horn, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, Evening on the Powder Mill Creek, California, Morning in the woods [3], [Horse and rider in panoramic river landscape, Mount Shasta in distance], Evening near New Jersey Moonlight in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, [California mountain landscape], Morning in the Adirondacks [2], [Mountain landscape 5], Yosemite Valley, California [17], [California mountain valley], Mount Hood from the Dalles, Oregon [4], Indian Head in the Lava Beds, In the White Mountains [1], [Morning sail], and [Mountain landscape (Mount Rainier?)] (attributed). There are new indexes of Columbia River scenes and Mount Rainier, and new photographs of Evening on Silver Lake, California (attributed). The discussion of signature inscriptions has been updated to discuss and display an alternate signature form found on several small sketches.

  Recently added paintings can be found together at the "Tour Previous" link at the top left of the Other indexes page.

• January 2004. Minor update correcting two dozen or so errors reported both by users of the web site and by error logs of the web server. Also added an index of Santa Cruz mountains, California.

• September 2003. Preliminary cataloguing of nine paintings that have recently emerged: Near Victoria, British Columbia [2], [Woodland scene with stream and deer], [Woodland scene with stream and fisherman], [Mountain landscape with waterfall 2], [Mount Hood from Hood River, Oregon 6], Mount Hood from the Dalles, Oregon [3], Near Felton, Santa Cruz Mountains, California, On Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz Mountains, California [3], and Bear Lake, Wasatch Mountains, Utah [6].

• November 2002. A new section discusses Legends and myths about Schafer. About eight paintings added to the catalog.

• January 2002. To help identify paintings that are not by this Schafer, a new section provides examples of work by Other artists with similar names or signatures. Ten paintings added to the catalog.