Samuel Burtis Baker
| Samuel Burtis Baker | |
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Baker c. 1915.
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| Born |
September 29, 1882 Boston, MA |
| Died | March 10, 1967 (aged 84) Washington, DC |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Massachusetts Normal Art School |
| Known for | Oil painting, portrait painting, landscape painting, still life |
| Movement | Boston School |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Cates (second wife) |
Samuel Burtis Baker (September 29, 1882 - March 10, 1967), commonly known as Burt Baker, was an American artist and teacher, best known for his portrait paintings.
Baker was born in South Boston, Massachusetts, to Samuel Burtis and Jennie Morgan Brine Baker. He graduated from The English High School in Boston in 1901 as president of his class, and as winner of the Lawrence Prize for Drawing. He studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School in Boston from 1901 to 1906, under Joseph DeCamp and Ernest Lee Major. After graduating, he continued his studies in Mystic, Connecticut, with Charles Harold Davis, and Belmont, Massachusetts, with Edward H. Barnard, focusing on landscape painting.
Baker opened his own studio in Boston in 1910. His early work consisted primarily of portraits of society women, educators and musicians, including a 1910 painting of his former teacher Ernest Lee Major, which was exhibited in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, later joining the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Following a 1910 exhibition of 10 of his portraits at Copley Gallery in Boston, he was commissioned to do portraits for the Harvard University Law School, the Massachusetts and New Hampshire state legislatures, and others. In 1916, he moved into Fenway Studios, where many of Boston's leading artists worked. Best known as a portrait artist, he would expand his range around this time to include figure painting, landscape, cityscape and still life. During World War I, he designed American Red Cross and Liberty Loan posters for the US government.
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