Paul Sample in his studio with his dog, Pasadena, circa 1935

Item Overview

Title

Paul Sample in his studio with his dog, Pasadena, circa 1935

Photographer

Connell, Will, 1898-1961

Date Created

[circa 1935]

Date

1935

Collection

Connell (Will) Papers

Notes

Description

According to the Pasadena City Directory, in 1935 Paul and Sylvia Sample lived at 676 La Loma Road in Pasadena
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.
Text from negative sleeve: Paul Sample. Portrait. Artist. And wife Sylvia. Ca. 1935.
Photograph of artist Paul Sample wearing a white shirt and tie, seated in his studio in his Pasadena home with his dog. A jar with paint brushes is on the table behind him.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Sample, Paul, 1896-1974

Location

California--Pasadena

Longitude

34.134129

Latitude

-118.164358

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Artists' studios--California--Pasadena
Artists--American--California--Pasadena