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1882 Boston, Massachusetts - 1967 Washington District Of Columbia. Known for: Portrait, figure-interior and landscape painting.
An instructor at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC from 1921 to 1935 and painter of portraits, still life, cityscape, and interiors with figures, Samuel Baker was born in Boston. He studied... Read full biography
An instructor at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC from 1921 to 1935 and painter of portraits, still life, cityscape, and interiors with figures, Samuel Baker was born in Boston. He studied with Ernest Major and Charles Davis in Mystic, Connecticut, and Edward Barnard in Belmont,... Read full biography
An instructor at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC from 1921 to 1935 and painter of portraits, still life, cityscape, and interiors with figures, Samuel Baker was born in Boston. He studied with Ernest Major and Charles Davis in Mystic, Connecticut, and Edward Barnard in Belmont, Massachusetts. In 1910, he opened a studio in Boston and eventually moved into the Fenway Studio Building occupied by leading artists of the city including Edmund Tarbell. In 1910, he had an exhibition of his... Read full biography
An instructor at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC from 1921 to 1935 and painter of portraits, still life, cityscape, and interiors with figures, Samuel Baker was born in Boston. He studied with Ernest Major and Charles Davis in Mystic, Connecticut, and Edward Barnard in Belmont, Massachusetts. In 1910, he opened a studio in Boston and eventually moved into the Fenway Studio Building occupied by leading artists of the city including Edmund Tarbell. In 1910, he had an exhibition of his portraits at the Copley Gallery in Boston, and this brought him much public attention. Portrait commissions followed including faculty of Harvard University, and government figures from New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In 1921, he painted a portrait... Read full biography
An instructor at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC from 1921 to 1935 and painter of portraits, still life, cityscape, and interiors with figures, Samuel Baker was born in Boston. He studied with Ernest Major and Charles Davis in Mystic, Connecticut, and Edward Barnard in Belmont, Massachusetts. In 1910, he opened a studio in Boston and eventually moved into the Fenway Studio Building occupied by leading artists of the city including Edmund Tarbell. In 1910, he had an exhibition of his portraits at the Copley Gallery in Boston, and this brought him much public attention. Portrait commissions followed including faculty of Harvard University, and government figures from New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In 1921, he painted a portrait of fellow Boston artist Gertrude Nason, Interior with Figure, which won a silver medal that same year at the Cor... Read full biography
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An instructor at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC from 1921 to 1935 and painter of portraits, still life, cityscape, and interiors with figures, Samuel Baker was born in Boston. He studied with Ernest Major and Charles Davis in Mystic, Connecticut, and Edward Barnard in Belmont, Massachusetts.
In 1910, he opened a studio in Boston and eventually moved into the Fenway Studio Building occupied by leading artists of the city including Edmund Tarbell. In 1910, he had an exhibition of his portraits at the Copley Gallery in Boston, and this brought him much public attention. Portrait commissions followed including faculty of Harvard University, and government figures from New Hampshire and Massachusetts. ...But wait, there's more...
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