Samuel S. Carr
Samuel S. Carr (born October 15, 1837 in England, † February 25, 1908 in Brooklyn , New York ) was an American genre painter who specialized in the depiction of children playing, sheep and beach scenes.
Life
Samuel Carr studied at the Royal School of Design in Chester , England, and emigrated to the USA in 1863. In 1865 he took a course in technical drawing at Cooper Union in New York City . From 1870 he lived in Brooklyn, New York, and was a member and briefly president of the Brooklyn Art Club .
Image selection
Frolic Along a Country Path
At the seashore
Beach scene
Holding the lamb
literature
- Thomas W. Gaethgens: Pictures from the New World. American painting of the 18th and 19th centuries Prestel-Verlag 1988; Page 307. ISBN 3-7913-0879-3
Web links
Commons : Samuel S. Carr - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The year of birth 1837 can be found in the entire literature; however, Carr himself indicated October 1839 as the month of birth in the 1900 census, cf. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSN4-32V
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carr, Samuel S. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1908 |
| Place of death | Brooklyn , New York City |