Adele Y. Schonbrun

Adele Y. Schonbrun (January 30, 1941 – May 28, 2017) was an American artist. She worked in various mediums, but is most known for her use of clay as a means of creative expression.

Schonbrun's work is in the permanent collections of museums in France, Japan and the United States. Of note, the Renwick Gallery in the Smithsonian American Art Museum owns Schonbrun's porcelain necktie sculpture, titled T.G.I.F. Her work is also owned by the International Museum of Ceramics in Vallauris, France.

Early life and education Schonbrun was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Helena Zander Yanco and Renauld Theodore Yanco. In 1958, she graduated from Roslindale High School located in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston.

She lived in Berkeley Heights in Union County, New Jersey, before moving with her family to Colorado in 1984, just before winning the third place award.

Personal life Schönbrun was married to Stanley Schonbrun. They have two daughters, Heather Klinck of Union Springs, AL, and Serena Connelly, of Pleasantville, NY and a grandson, Odin Barnaby Connelly.

As a child, Schonbrun lived in Boston and summered on Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts. She also lived in California, New Jersey, Connecticut, Colorado, and briefly in Seattle, WA. In the early 1990s she and her husband relocated from Seattle to Martha's Vineyard, where she spent her final decades. In 2017, she died in Oak Bluffs, on Martha's Vineyard from Alzheimer's disease.