Samuel S. Carr (American, 1837-1908) was born in England in 1837 and came to the United States around 1862.  He was a genre painter who specialized in scenes of children at play, as well as peaceful landscapes of sheep.  He usually signed his work as "S.S. Carr." He resided in Brooklyn, New York for the majority of his life.  He died in 1908.

Studied

Cooper Union, NYC

Member

Brooklyn Art Club (pres.) ; Masonic Lodge

Exhibited

Brooklyn AA, 1871-86, 1891; PAFA, 1881-90; NAD, 1889-94

Work

New Britain (CT) Mus. Of American Art; Paterson (NJ) Free Public Library, Smith College, Northampton, Mass; Clark Art Inst., Williamstown, Mass.

Resources

WW01; Pisano, The Long Island Landscape, n.p.; 300 Years of American Art, 287; Falk, PAFA, vol. 2