Sam Black, (5 June 1913 – 23 April 1997) was a Scottish artist and teacher best known both for the artworks he produced during the Second World War and for his post-war academic career in Canada.... Read full biography
Sam Black, (5 June 1913 – 23 April 1997) was a Scottish artist and teacher best known both for the artworks he produced during the Second World War and for his post-war academic career in Canada. Black produced landscapes and architectural subjects in oils and watercolours but also worked in other... Read full biography
Sam Black, (5 June 1913 – 23 April 1997) was a Scottish artist and teacher best known both for the artworks he produced during the Second World War and for his post-war academic career in Canada. Black produced landscapes and architectural subjects in oils and watercolours but also worked in other media including welded metals. Black, whose father had served in the Royal Navy, was born in Ardrossan on the west coast of Scotland. Black graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1936 and then... Read full biography
Sam Black, (5 June 1913 – 23 April 1997) was a Scottish artist and teacher best known both for the artworks he produced during the Second World War and for his post-war academic career in Canada. Black produced landscapes and architectural subjects in oils and watercolours but also worked in other media including welded metals. Black, whose father had served in the Royal Navy, was born in Ardrossan on the west coast of Scotland. Black graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1936 and then taught art in Scottish schools. At the start of World War Two Black enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers and was commissioned as an officer. He went on to become a camouflage officer, training soldiers in personal concealment and in the protection of... Read full biography
Sam Black, (5 June 1913 – 23 April 1997) was a Scottish artist and teacher best known both for the artworks he produced during the Second World War and for his post-war academic career in Canada. Black produced landscapes and architectural subjects in oils and watercolours but also worked in other media including welded metals. Black, whose father had served in the Royal Navy, was born in Ardrossan on the west coast of Scotland. Black graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1936 and then taught art in Scottish schools. At the start of World War Two Black enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers and was commissioned as an officer. He went on to become a camouflage officer, training soldiers in personal concealment and in the protection of defensive positions. Later in the war he became the first commander of a newly established Camouflage School. After seeing a... Read full biography
Sam Black - Artist Info
About Sam Black: Books
Books & Publications (3)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
From Drawing to Visual Culture: A History of Art Education in Canada
2006
Pearse, Harold (Editor)
318 pages
Watercolours Japan-Canada: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Canadian Socidety of Painters in Water Colour and the Japanese Watercolour Society
1978
Bennett, John and Akira Fuwa
72 pages
B.C. Artists' Tribute to Colin Graham (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria)