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Adler, Samuel Marcus (S.M.) [1898-1979. USA. Painter]
Adler, Samuel Marcus (S.M.) [1898-1979. USA. Painter]
Samuel Marcus Adler [also known as S.M. Adler, Sam Adler and Samuel Adler] was born in New York City on 30 July 1898. From the age of 12 he began studying the violin. At 14 he submitted some of his art work to the committee of the National Academy of Design (NAD) in New York. They were impressed with the maturity of the work and admitted him. He, however, continued with his music studies and at the age of 17 became a professional violinist. Nevertheless he was still drawn to art and in 1916 he began working as a medical artist at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. After a year he went to music. He began to be inspired by the movement of dance and started to paint dancers. In order to improve his technique he returned to the NAD. By this time the Depression was beginning to set in and work for musicians started to dry up, thus, from the 1930s onwards he was firmly committed to painting as a more secure means of earning his living.
Between 1948 and 1972, 23 solo exhibitions of Adler’s work were held. His work featured in the exhibitions ‘American Painting Today’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City (1950); the Annuals at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957); and the touring exhibition ‘Art USA: Now’ (1962-64). He also participated in group exhibitions at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1968); the University of Illinois (1949-53, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971).
He illustrated at least one book, ‘Candide’ by Voltaire (Cleveland, Ohio: The World Publishing Company, 1947)
Adler was professor of art at New York University (from 1948); professor of art at the University of Illinois (1959-60); and visiting professor at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia (1967 and 1968).
Adler was a member of the Artists Equity Association and was president of the New York chapter in 1954-55.
Adler died in 1979. Examples of his work are in the permanent collections of Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City; the Smithsonian Institution in washington, DC; Brooklyn Museum of Art in Brooklyn, New York; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in washington, DC.
Between 1948 and 1972, 23 solo exhibitions of Adler’s work were held. His work featured in the exhibitions ‘American Painting Today’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City (1950); the Annuals at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957); and the touring exhibition ‘Art USA: Now’ (1962-64). He also participated in group exhibitions at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1968); the University of Illinois (1949-53, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971).
He illustrated at least one book, ‘Candide’ by Voltaire (Cleveland, Ohio: The World Publishing Company, 1947)
Adler was professor of art at New York University (from 1948); professor of art at the University of Illinois (1959-60); and visiting professor at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia (1967 and 1968).
Adler was a member of the Artists Equity Association and was president of the New York chapter in 1954-55.
Adler died in 1979. Examples of his work are in the permanent collections of Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City; the Smithsonian Institution in washington, DC; Brooklyn Museum of Art in Brooklyn, New York; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in washington, DC.
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Bibliography
1. Samuel Adler: recent collages Athens, Georgia: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 1968
2. Samuel M. Adler, 25 years of the image of man ‘47-’72 New York, NY: Frank Rehn Gallery, 1972 [Exhibition catalogue]
1. Samuel Adler: recent collages Athens, Georgia: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 1968
2. Samuel M. Adler, 25 years of the image of man ‘47-’72 New York, NY: Frank Rehn Gallery, 1972 [Exhibition catalogue]