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Samuel Peters Ziegler BIOGRAPHY
1882 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 1967 Fort Worth, Texas. Known for: Landscape, portrait and figure painting, printmaking.
Samuel P. Ziegler, a portrait, landscape and figure painter as well as muralist, printmaker and musician, spent his early years studying in his native state at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine... Read full biography
Samuel P. Ziegler, a portrait, landscape and figure painter as well as muralist, printmaker and musician, spent his early years studying in his native state at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with William Merritt Chase, Thomas Anschutz and Hugh Breckenridge. He studied music at the... Read full biography
Samuel P. Ziegler, a portrait, landscape and figure painter as well as muralist, printmaker and musician, spent his early years studying in his native state at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with William Merritt Chase, Thomas Anschutz and Hugh Breckenridge. He studied music at the Philadelphia Musical Academy from 1905 to 1912 when he went to Europe on a year-long scholarship to tour museums. He then settled into a painting studio in Philadelphia and also taught cello at the Musical... Read full biography
Samuel P. Ziegler, a portrait, landscape and figure painter as well as muralist, printmaker and musician, spent his early years studying in his native state at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with William Merritt Chase, Thomas Anschutz and Hugh Breckenridge. He studied music at the Philadelphia Musical Academy from 1905 to 1912 when he went to Europe on a year-long scholarship to tour museums. He then settled into a painting studio in Philadelphia and also taught cello at the Musical Academy. In 1917, he moved to Texas for the remainder of his life. He joined the music faculty of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and played cello in the Fort Worth Symphony. In his spare time he did painting, and in 1919, took a position as... Read full biography
Samuel P. Ziegler, a portrait, landscape and figure painter as well as muralist, printmaker and musician, spent his early years studying in his native state at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with William Merritt Chase, Thomas Anschutz and Hugh Breckenridge. He studied music at the Philadelphia Musical Academy from 1905 to 1912 when he went to Europe on a year-long scholarship to tour museums. He then settled into a painting studio in Philadelphia and also taught cello at the Musical Academy. In 1917, he moved to Texas for the remainder of his life. He joined the music faculty of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and played cello in the Fort Worth Symphony. In his spare time he did painting, and in 1919, took a position as art instructor at Texas Woman's College, which became Texas Wesleyan University. In 1921, he began a 27-year per... Read full biography
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Samuel P. Ziegler, a portrait, landscape and figure painter as well as muralist, printmaker and musician, spent his early years studying in his native state at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with William Merritt Chase, Thomas Anschutz and Hugh Breckenridge. He studied music at the Philadelphia Musical Academy from 1905 to 1912 when he went to Europe on a year-long scholarship to tour museums. He then settled into a painting studio in Philadelphia and also taught cello at the Musical Academy.
In 1917, he moved to Texas for the remainder of his life. He joined the music faculty of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and played cello in the Fort Worth Symphony. In his spare time he did painting, ...But wait, there's more...
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