School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Samuel Armstrong

Born: 1893, USA, Minneapolis   Died: 1977, USA, Minneapolis

Illustrator / painter for watercolour set design backdrops and animation work, born in Denver, USA 1893. He studied at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art and Rochester (NY) Mechanics' Art Institute. He had an art school in Tacoma in 1923 and was art editor for the Tacoma News Tribune. During the 1930s, California and later joined the staff at Walt Disney Studios as an animator for Fantasia. He was well known for his illustrations and covers for Sunset magazine. Armstrong died in Los Angeles, 1977.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

Max O'Hara's Golden Safari Starring Joseph Young of Africa WD1096 WaterColourOrDrawings

Max O'Hara's Golden Safari Starring Joseph Young of Africa WD1104 WaterColourOrDrawings




 
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