biography of Samuel A. SHUTE (1803-1836)

Birth place: Byfield, MA

Death place: Champlain, NY

Profession: Portrait painter

Studied: self-taught

Work: Rockefeller Folk AC, Williamsburg, VA; Clayville Mus., Pleasant Plains, IL; Old Sturbridge Village, MA; Shelburne (VT) Mus.; Fruitlands Mus.

Comments: He teamed with his wife, Ruth (see entry), in painting primitive portraits. Initially, Ruth drew the face and hands, and he did the painting. He was also a doctor, but his brief painting career seems to have spanned only from 1827-33.

Sources: 300 Years of American Art, vol. 1, 129.