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Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974
1935-1936
Oil on canvas
Overall: 26 × 30 1/4 in. (66 × 76.8 cm)
Frame: 31 × 35 1/4 in. (78.7 × 89.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist, Class of 1920
P.983.34.185
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Course History
ENGL 7, Writing About Art, Brett Gamboa, Winter 2012
ARTH 17, The Power of Place: Urban and Rural Images in American Art, 1900-1945, Sarah Powers, Winter 2014
Writing Program 5.01, Experience and Education: Students, Teachers, Institutions, and the Power of Learning, Francine A'Ness, Winter 2023
Writing 5.01, Experience and Education: Students, Teachers, Institutions and the Power of Learning, Francine A'Ness, Fall 2023
Writing 5.01 - Experience and Education: Students, Teachers, Institutions, and the Power of Learning, Francine A'Ness, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
American Paintings from the Dartmouth Collection, 1910-1960, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 17-April 12, 1998.
Festival of the Arts; Paul Sample, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont, May 26-June 17, 1990.
Paul Sample: Ivy League Regionalist, The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, January 18-February 26, 1984.
Paul Sample: Painter of The American Scene, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 4-August 28, 1988.
Publication History
U.S. Air Magazine, "A Sample of Talent," May 1989, pg. 17.
Robert L. McGrath and Paula F. Glick, Paul Sample: Painter of the American Scene, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1988, no. 19.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 101, no. 77.
Provenance
The artist; given to Dartmouth College Library; transferred to present collection, 1983
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