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Samuel J. Woolf
20th Century
American, (1880–1948)
Samuel Johnson Woolf, a painter, lithographer, journalist and illustrator, was born in New York City. He studied with Kenyon Cox and George deForest Brush at the Art Students League, where he was a student during the same years as Harry Hoffman. He also studied at the National Academy of Design. During World War I, Woolf went to Europe as a front-line illustrator for Time, depicting military and civilian leaders. Between 1918 and 1948, many of his drawings appeared in magazines, including Colliers. After 1923, they were published as part of the New York Times magazine feature, "Drawings from LIfe." He also wrote short biographies of his sitters using information exchanged while they posed for him. His portrait of Mark Twain was acquired by the Mark Twain house the year before his death from ALS.
20th Century
American, (1880–1948)
Samuel Johnson Woolf, a painter, lithographer, journalist and illustrator, was born in New York City. He studied with Kenyon Cox and George deForest Brush at the Art Students League, where he was a student during the same years as Harry Hoffman. He also studied at the National Academy of Design. During World War I, Woolf went to Europe as a front-line illustrator for Time, depicting military and civilian leaders. Between 1918 and 1948, many of his drawings appeared in magazines, including Colliers. After 1923, they were published as part of the New York Times magazine feature, "Drawings from LIfe." He also wrote short biographies of his sitters using information exchanged while they posed for him. His portrait of Mark Twain was acquired by the Mark Twain house the year before his death from ALS.
Artist Objects
Portrait of Woodrow Wilson 2004.15