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b. 1927 - d. 2017

Saunders Schultz (1927 - 2017) Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1927 to Rose and Abraham Schultz - Died 17th July 2017, one day after his 90th Birthday. Schultz was an American sculptor known for relating his sculptures with their architectural surroundings. His work includes Site-Specific Sculpture, Nature-Interactive Sculpture, Science-Interactive Sculpture, Bas-Reliefs, Stained Glass Windows, Murals, Screens, and Tapestries. He defined himself as a site-specific sculptor, developing projects with a social consciousness, projects he described as having "collaborative community envisioning". One such effort is still ongoing, the Eco Arch, proposed for the East St. Louis riverfront.

Before graduating high school, he found work as an artist in the St. Louis area by painting murals for local businesses. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, in 1950 and subsequently was the recipient of a fellowship to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1952.

In 1960, along with fellow sculptor Bill Severson, Schultz founded "Scopia", a sculpture studio in Chesterfield, Missouri. He went on to become one of the founders of Architectural Sculpture and Environmental Sculpture, sculpture within the context of architecture, landscape architecture, and the community within which they reside.

As a sculptor, painter, educator, and author, Schultz is considered one of the founding fathers of architectural art in an environmental context[6]. Schultz taught master classes and symposia at various universities including Harvard University School of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

His sculpture has been published in ARTnews, Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, Architectural Forum, AlA Architect, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Times' Insight, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and many others.