biography of Paul SAMPLE (1896-1974)

Birth place: Louisville, KY

Death place: Hanover, NH

Addresses: Pasadena, CA, 1931-34; Hanover, NH; Norwich, VT

Profession: Landscape and genre painter, teacher

Studied: Dartmouth, 1916-21 (less one year in the Navy); Otis AI; at age 30 with Jonas Lie; F. Tolles Chamberlain & Stanton MacDonald Wright.

Exhibited: Corcoran Gal biennials, 1930-51 (9 times); AIC, 1930 (prize)-45; LACMA, 1930 (prize), 1936 (prize); Calif. AC, 1930 (prize), 1931 (prize); NAD, 1931 (prize), 1932 (gold), 1962 (1st Altman Prize); PAFA Ann., 1931-49, 1960 (1936 Temple Medal, 1941 prize); WMAA, 1936-44; Pasadena AI, 1932 (prize); Calif. State Fair, 1932 (prize); Santa Cruz Art Lg., 1933 (prize); CI, 1936 (hon. men.); Currier Gal. Art, Manchester, NH, 1948 (retrospective); Capricorn Gal., Bethesda, MD, 1970s; Eric Gal., NYC, 1970s.

Member: AWCS; Calif. AC; ANA, 1937; NA, 1941; Calif. WCS.

Work: BMFA; PAFA; MMA; AIC; BM; Springfield Mus. Art; Fnd. Western Artists, Los Angeles; White House, Wash., DC; Canajoharie (NY) Library; San Diego FA Soc.; AGAA; Butler AI; Joslyn Mem.; Brooks Mem. Art Gal.; RISD Mus.; Univ. Nebraska; Swarthmore College; Williams College; Univ. Minnesota; Univ. Southern Calif.; New Britain Mus. Art; Dartmouth. Commissions: murals, Nat. Life Ins. Co., Montpelier, VT; Brevoort Hotel, NYC; Appanaug Post Office, RI; Redondo Beach Post Office, CA; Massachusetts Mutual Ins. Co., Springfield.

Comments: He turned to art while recuperating from tuberculosis in the Adirondacks. Went to California in 1926. Preferred media: oils, watercolors, acrylics. Positions: teacher, Univ. Southern Calif., 1926-; Dartmouth Col., 1938-62; war art correspondent, Life Magazine, 1942-45.

Sources: WW73; WW47; P&H Samuels, 416; Falk, Exh. Record Series.