Lawrence Rill Schumann

Lawrence Rill Schumann '27, Boston, President of the Star Brush Manufacturing Company, Boston; Jan. 19, 1975. Mr. Schumann was interested in art and had a reputation for assisting unrecognized artists. He founded an art center in the Virgin Islands. Survivors include his wile, Edith, 330 Beacon St., Boston SCHUMANN, LAWRENCE RILL was born 19 May 1905, received Social Security number 069-01-4471 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died March, 1975 136507284 In October of 1946, 302 Beacon was acquired from Charles Stevens by Lawrence Rill Schumann, a brush manufacturer. He and his wife, Ruth D. (Levine) Schumann, lived in Forest Hills, Long Island. In March of 1948, Lawrence Schumann transferred 302 Beacon to himself as trustee for his daughter, Laurel Dorothy Schumann, a student at Boston University. On the same day, he transferred the property to Paul D. Turner of Malden, who held the property on his behalf. Lawrence Schumann, trustee, remained the assessed owner. At about the same time, Lawrence and Ruth Schumann separated and he moved from New York to an apartment at 302 Beacon. They divorced in 1950. In the early 1950s, Lawrence Schumann purchased the art collection of Mrs. Marie (Walther) Sterner Lintott, an art dealer in New York City, including about 300 American and European paintings, water-colors, and drawings. In November of 1951, he purchased 191 Marlborough, possibly with the idea of housing the collection there, which he may have done. While he owned the house, it was shown as vacant in City Directories and was not included in the Lists of Residents. By mid-1952, Lawrence Schumann had married again to Mrs. Edith (Rader) Jarcho, the former wife of Saul Jarcho. After their marriage, they lived at 302 Beacon. In October of 1957, Lawrence Schumann, as trustee for his daughter, acquired 302 Beacon once again and, on the same day, transferred it to Patricia A. Risser of Somerville, who held the property on his behalf. From 1960 to 1966 he served as honorary Austrian Consul General in Boston. In October of 1971, Patricia Risser transferred the property to Laurel Schumann, at that time a resident of Hollywood. Lawrence and Edith Schumann continued to live at 302 Beacon until about 1974. By the time of his death in October of 1975, they were living in an apartment at 330 Beacon. In November of 1974, 302 Beacon was purchased from Laurel Schumann by John L. Hayden.