This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Samuel Roller was a painter, teacher, etcher, and newspaper and
magazine illustrator who lived in Lynchburg, Virginia; and Cooperstown,
New York. His cover work appeared in the Richmond Times Dispatch
and McCall's magaizne. He was also an instructor in Cooperstown,
New York in 1951, and an etcher for the Pierce Lithography Corporation.
Roller stuided at the Corcoran Gallery of Art of Art of Art; New York
School Art; Chicago Academy Art; University Virginia, and Otis Art
School. Among his teachers were Robert Henri and George Ennis.
He was a member of the American Artists Professional League;
Cooperstown Art Association; Lynchburg Art Club; and Lynchburg Art
Center.
Exhibitions:
Society of Independent Artists, 1929-30
Salons of America
Morton Gallery, 1935 (solo), 1936 (solo), 1939 (solo), 1940 (solo)
Soc. Four Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1937 (solo)
Argent Gallery, 1939 (solo)-40 (solo)
Lynchburg Woman's Club, 1942 (solo)
Leach Memorial , 1943 (solo)-44 (solo)
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1942-44
Norfolk Museum Art, 1944-53
Lynchburg Art Club, 1941-58, 1964 (solo)
Lynchburg Art Center, 1954-58 (solo, 1950, 1956)
Cooperstown Art Association, 1953-55
Norton Gallery Art, Palm Beach, Florida , 1942
Huckleberry Mountain Workshop, 1950 (solo)
Lake Charles, LA, 1950 (solo)
DeRidder, LA, 1950 (solo)
Source:
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
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