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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Books & Publications (20)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Artists of Washington DC 1796-1996
1996
McMahan, Virgil E
240 pages
Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Falk, Peter Hastings
335 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
The Boston Painters 1900-1930
1986
Gammell, R H Ives
204 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Portraits and Painters of the Governors of Indiana 1800-1978
1978
Peat, Wilbur D
104 pages (color)
Who's Who in America A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Men and Women vol. 24 1946-1947
1946
Editors, The A.N. Marquis Company
0 pages
Who's Who in the East 1942- 1943
1943
Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin, Ltd.
190 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists
1940
Ball, Charlotte (editor)
790 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit