1. Samuel Isham was an American portrait and figure painter.
11 Facts About Samuel Isham
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Samuel Isham was born in New York City on May 12,1855.
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Samuel Isham was the son of William Bradley Isham and Julia Burhans.
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Samuel Isham's father was a leather merchant who owned downtown factories and warehouses on Gold and Cliff Streets, and became vice-president of the Bank of the Metropolis and the president of the Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company.
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Samuel Isham again went abroad, studying painting in Paris at the Academie Julian from 1885 to 1887 under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.
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Samuel Isham exhibited at both Paris salons and at the larger American exhibitions.
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Samuel Isham was a member of the Art Jury at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York in 1901, and became a member of the National Academy in 1906.
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Samuel Isham was a director of the Fine Arts Society and a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, both in New York City.
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Samuel Isham, who did not marry and lived at 471 Park Avenue in Manhattan, was a member of the Maidstone Club, Ardsley Club, the Metropolitan Club, the Players' Club, and the University Club of New York.
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On June 12,1914, Samuel Isham suffered from an aneurysm of the arteries and died on the Maidstone Club golf course in East Hampton.
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Samuel Isham was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.