Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Samson Schames
Subway No. 1 NYC Scene Midcentury Expressionist New York Scene Painting

$1,600
£1,188.08
€1,395.35
CA$2,226.05
A$2,492.28
CHF 1,306.79
MX$30,793.72
NOK 16,466.32
SEK 15,543.55
DKK 10,410.98
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Fritz Siegfried Samson Schames (born December 31, 1898 in Frankfurt, Germany) was a German-American painter. Samson Schames came from an old-established Frankfurt Jewish family. The art dealer Ludwig Schames, a major sponsor of Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner and other expressionists was his uncle and introduced him to art. Schames began his artistic studies at the Offenbach Art College but had to interrupt it because of conscription to military service. After the end of the First World War he studied at the Frankfurt College of Fine Arts. From 1928 he devoted himself intensively to painting. Together with his wife, he left Germany forever in 1939, after he had been able to show his pictures among the national socialists only in exhibitions of the Kulturbundes Deutscher Juden or in his own studio. In exile in London, Schames was active in the Freie Deutsche Kulturbund and was able to show his works in group and individual exhibitions. In 1948 he and his wife moved to New York, where he died in 1962. Samson Schames is the so-called missing generation . Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main (Hrsg.): Samson Schames 1898-1967 - Paintings and mosaics - Frankfurt, London, New York , exhibition catalog from 23 March to 18 June 1989. City Frankfurt (Hrsg.): Four Frankfurt Artists in Resistance - Arthur Fauser, Leo Maillet, Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer, Samson Schames , Frankfurt 1995.
  • Creator:
    Samson Schames
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 36.25 in (92.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38212063002

More From This Seller

View All
Vibrant New York City Times Square, Figural Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Simon Gaon
Located in Surfside, FL
Simon Gaon (born 1943) is an American painter, Expressionist, and action painter. This is a thick impasto oil painting. with a lot of texture and color. This is a nighttime scene of...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Harry Bertschmann Swiss American Abstract Expressionist Outsider Painting
By Harry Bertschmann
Located in Surfside, FL
Harry Bertschmann (Swiss American, born 1931). Acrylic painting on paper. Artist signature to lower right. Provenance: Joy Moos Gallery (this was exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair) ...
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Abstract Cityscape 1960 Oil Painting Signed Chait Expressionist NYC City Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a bold, abstracted city scene. It appears to be New York City, It could be any large metropolis with skyscrapers and a bustle to it. It is signed S. Chait and signed with ini...
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century Mothers, Children Oil Painting Frank Kleinholz WPA Era NYC Tenements
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
Frank Kleinholz (Brooklyn, 1901 - 1987) Mothers with children oil on canvas painting Frame: 27 X 23 Image: 17.75 X 13.75 Born in Brooklyn, New York, Frank Kleinholz was a painter b...
Category

20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Modern Mixed Media, 1954, Abstract Expressionism
By Paul Shimon
Located in Surfside, FL
American artist and composer, a pioneer in abstract Judaica; was influenced by his Sephardic roots and leaves a great collection of work in private collections worldwide. He died in ...
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Signed Castro Abstract Expressionist 1960s Latin American Oil Painting Collage
Located in Surfside, FL
'La Multitud Sodomita Rodea la Casa de Lot' Titled and signed in Spanish. it refers to the biblical story of Lot with the Sodomites. It is a very well executed piece signed Castro an...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

You May Also Like

Subway Riders, Figurative Abstract Oil Painting
By Ken Mabrey
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ken Mabrey Title: Subway Riders Year: circa 1995 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 50 x 36 inches [127 x 91.44 cm] Frame: 55 x 41 inches [139.7 x 104.14 cm]
Category

1990s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

NYC Subway Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Contemporary David Atkins (1910 – 2012) Subway Train Departure 24 x 30 inches Oil on can...
Category

1960s American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Exhibited Abstract Expressionist Framed Modernist Street Scene Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract expressionist oil painting by Erwin Wending (1914 - 1993). Great color and composition. Framed. Signed. Exhibition and museum labels verso.
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Langostina Abstract Figurative by Harold Black New York 1960
By Harold Black
Located in Soquel, CA
Large scale and dramatic, ""Langostina, an abstract painting by Harold Black (American, 1913–1993). Signed lower right and on verso. Presented in giltwood frame. Image, 40”H x 22”W. ...
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Riding subway in NYC, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
I did a series of paintings in the studio based on sketches I did while riding the New York subways this summer (2016). :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an offic...
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 15H x 23L.
Category

1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil