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Samuel Edmund Oppenheim (1901-1992)

Samuel Edmund Oppenheim (1901-1992) 

1901 - Born December 24, Minsk, Russia

1906 - Emigrates with his family to the U.S. where they settle in New York City.

1926 - Studies in Provincetown, Massachusetts with the popular and accomplished artist Charles W. Hawthorne. About this time he also attends studio classes at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York.

1930 - Commercial artist in New York City. During this period he enrolls at the Grand Central School of Art in the class of Harvey Dunn, whose work follows the tradition of Howard Pyle and whose principles in painting have a lasting influence.

1950 - Invited to join the Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, and becomes associated with Portraits, Inc., New York. 

1951 - Elected to membership in the Salmagundi Club, the oldest artist’s club in the country.

1954 - First one-man exhibition at Grand Central Art Galleries.

1966 - Begins teaching at the Art Students League, New York, establishing a popular Friday night class in oil painting, where his monthly demonstrations attract crowds of students. Oppenheim is in demand as a lecturer to various art and civic groups.

1982 - Guest of Honor, National Portrait Seminar, Washington, DC

1992 - May 31, Carnegie Hall, Memorial Program and tribute by John Howard Sanden at National Portrait Seminar

The 'Romantic Realism' of 

Samuel Edmund Oppenheim

by John Howard Sanden

TI Group & NOT Mead Schaeffer (NOT MS)

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NOT Mead Schaeffer (NOT MS)

1.) A decent illustration which is signed.

Does anyone recognize the signature?

May 1931 Packard ad - signed lower right by ???

2.) This is easily one of the worst of the historical Packard ads, possibly by the same unidentified artist of the previous ad, marred by all the same faults (note how the figure on the far left has his face artfully hidden).

An illustration bereft of all qualities that are Mead Schaeffer.

November 1929 Packard ad - artist unkown

The following ad may be by the same artist. It bears the studio mark of The Burleigh Withers Company. To my knowledge Mead Schaeffer was never associated with them.

signed with The Burleigh Withers Company studio mark lower left

The Burleigh Withers Company - Advertising Illustrators

3,4.) Both of these are clearly by the same hand, an artist superior to the unknown of 1 and 2. 

They are NOT Mead Schaeffer's. 

1931 Ad Packard ; Taj Mahal Shah - Matt Clark (attributed)

I attribute them to Matt Clark, but if you wish to say Benton, by all means do so.

1931 Packard Ad - Matt Clark (attributed)

Note the pose of the ruler in each of these Matt Clark's,

1931 Packard ad ; Imperial Chinese Dynasty ; signed Matt Clark

I like to think that he was inspired by the master Harvey Dunn.

DUCO "Fools!" said Cyrus, "Do You Not Know Horses Fear Camels?" - November 1928 Harvey DUNN

5.) So close but still not MS. This is also a Matt Clark.

1931-6 Packard ad featuring Matt Clark art (unsigned or cropped). SEP 6 June 1931

A signed Matt Clark for comparison.

October 1930 Packard Ad - signed Matt Clark

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