Louise Schatz

Louise Schatz (; née Louise Burton McClure; 1916–1997) was a Canadian-born Israeli painter, ceramist, and textile designer. She is one of the best known abstract watercolorist from Israel. She was active in Berkeley, Big Sur, Haifa, and Jerusalem. Her mother Evelyn (née Burton) was a dental assistant. During World War II between 1943 and 1945, she worked as a draftsman at a shipyard in San Francisco. In 1951, Bezalel and Louise emigrated to Israel, settling 5 years later in the artist village of Ein Hod.

Her husband died in Jerusalem in 1978. She died in Jerusalem in 1997. and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Personal life Louise had two sisters. Her sister Evelyn "Eve" Burton McClure, was the ex-wife of film director Jack Carr; actor Lyle Talbot; novelist Henry Miller; and sculptor Harry Dick Ross.