Paul Sample, artist, Pasadena, circa 1935

Description: According to the Pasadena City Directory, in 1935 Paul and Sylvia Sample lived at 676 La Loma Road in Pasadena
Paul Starrett Sample was an American artist who portrayed life in New England in the middle of the 20th Century with a style that showed elements of Social Realism and Regionalism. He went to Los Angeles in the 1920's to study at Otis Art Institute, and was on the faculty of the University of Southern California in the school of architecture from 1926 to 1938, when he left to assume a teaching position at Dartmouth College.
Bust-length photographic portrait of artist Paul Sample wearing a white shirt and tie in his Pasadena home
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Paul Sample. Portrait. #20. Artist. Ca. 1935.

Genre: Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Sample, Paul, 1896-1974
Location: California--Pasadena
Longitude: 34.134129
Latitude: -118.164358
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Artists--American--California--Pasadena

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_893_0321
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h2kpr
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.