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Christian Adolf Schreyer (German, 1828 to 1899)
Noted Orientalist and genre painter Adolf Schreyer (also referred to as Christian Adolf Schreyer) was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1828. After early education at the Institut Staedel in Frankfurt, he studied at the Academy in Dusseldorf, then settled in Vienna in 1849. During the Crimean War (1853-1856) Schreyer followed the Austrian Army through the Wallachian frontier as a sketch artist.(1) Schreyer went on to study in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Georges Schreiber (1904-1977)
Born in Brussels, Belgium in 1904, Schreiber, over the course of his career, became a thoroughly American artist. Growing up in war-torn Europe, Schreiber was profoundly impacted by the horrors he witnessed. As a family of German descent living in Belgium during the First World War, the Schreibers were scorned by their neighbors; when they later returned to Germany, however, they were despised as Belgians. “All this has made me conscious [...] Click here to continue reading.
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877 to 1972)
Frank Schoonover is well known as one of America’s great illustrators. His journeys into the wilderness of Canada, Alaska and the American West provided the subject matter for his prolific output of illustrations and paintings and made him a leader of the Golden Age of Illustration during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Schoonover’s illustrations can be found in hundreds of popular books and magazines of [...] Click here to continue reading.
Paul Sawyier (American, 1865 to 1917)
Paul Sawyier was born the son of a physician in Madison County, Ohio, but his family relocated to Frankfurt, Kentucky, when he was young. Paul’s early inclinations towards art were cultivated by his parents, and in 1884, Sawyier enrolled in the Cincinnati Art School. Within two years, he had opened a studio in Cincinnati. After studying under William Merritt Chase at Art Students League in New York, [...] Click here to continue reading.
Sven Birger Sandzen (1871-1954)
Birger Sandzen was born in the village of Blidsberg, Sweden, in 1871. His father was the local rector, which afforded the family a comfortable and cultured lifestyle. Sandzen began to paint at the age of ten when he was sent to the College and Academy of Skara. Upon graduation, he continued his studies at Lund University in 1890. However, soon Sandzen decided to become a professional painter. He went to [...] Click here to continue reading.
Emilio Sanchez (Cuban/American, New York, born 1921)
Painter and printmaker Emilio Sanchez was born in 1921 in Camaguey, Cuba. In the 1930s, he traveled to New York and studied painting and printmaking at The Art Students League. He had more than fifty one man shows and more than fifty group showings of his works, mainly in the New York area where he made his permanent residence. His early works display brilliant sunny and tropical [...] Click here to continue reading.
Percy Sanborn (1849-1929)
Percy Sanborn was born in Waldo, Maine and initially worked as a sign painter. His signs and decorative window shades appeared on many of nearby Belfast’s commercial establishments, and are highly sought after today. A multi-faceted artist, Sanborn produced illustrations for the Belfast newspaper, painted theatrical backdrops for the local opera house, and decorated stoneware pots. He also painted murals, the most famous of which is in the lobby of the [...] Click here to continue reading.
Martha Ann and Ray Samuel Collection
When Martha Ann Brett and Ray Samuel married in 1946, both knew they wished to collect paintings but were also aware of the fact that their newlywed budget would not stretch to include works by the French Impressionists. However, such good friends as NewOrleans dealer Albert Lieutaud, his wife, Lily, and Naomi Marshall suggested that Louisiana art, both period and contemporary, had largely been ignored, was of a [...] Click here to continue reading.
Paul Starrett Sample (1896-1974)
Paul Sample was born in Kentucky, but spent much of his youth moving about the country with his family. As a young man he attended Dartmouth College, but his interests at that time focused on athletics. His studies were interrupted at the outbreak of World War I when he was called to serve in the Navy. At the conclusion of the War, he returned to Dartmouth to receive his [...] Click here to continue reading.
Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret Saint Memin (1770-1852)
Charles Julien Saint-Memin was a French nobleman who came to New York in 1793, and in 1796, began making portraits. With the help of the physiognotrace, a mechanical device that allowed for the relatively easy creation of profile portraits, Saint-Memin produced hundreds of portraits in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and elsewhere.
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