thumb|right|300px|Elmer Bischoff, Yellow Lampshade, 1969, [[De Young Museum, San Francisco]]
Elmer Nelson Bischoff (July 9, 1916 – March 2, 1991), was an American visual artist, from the San Francisco Bay Area. Bischoff, along with Richard Diebenkorn and David Park, was part of the post-World War II generation of artists who started as abstract painters and found their way back to figurative art.
Biography
Elmer Bischoff, second child of John and Elna (née Nelson) Bischoff,