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1913 Ardrossan, Scotland - 1997 British Columbia, Canada. Known for: Landscape and architecture paintings, welded medal sculpture, teaching.
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
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Keywords (14)
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
Art Association
- •Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
- •Royal Water Colour Club/Society, England, Elected Member
Art School
- •Glasgow School/College of Art, Student
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Camouflage Artist
- •War Artist
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Scottish