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Samuel Adler (1898-1979) was an abstract painter, sculptor, and educator active in New York, New York.
Under special arrangement, Adler was admitted to the National Academy of Design at age 13 for a six-year program, studying under Leon Kroll, Charles Louis Hinton, and others. He did not graduate, and instead became a professional violinist, playing for conductors Henry Hadley and Bruno Walter, and he studied under Harold Eisenberg and Herbert Butler.
In 1933, Adler left his music career to work on his art and offered private classes in painting and drawing. During World War II, he designed radio housings for the Army. In 1948, Adler had his first one-man show at Joseph Luyber Galleries, New York, and began teaching at New York University. He went on to have solo shows at various museums and galleries including University of Indiana, Louisville Art Center, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, University of Georgia, Frank Rehn Gallery, Notre Dame University, Rose Fried Gallery, and Krannert Art Museum. His work was also featured in group shows widely throughout the United States and abroad.
In the 1950s Adler contributed a chapter titled "Imagination and the Artist" to Education and the Imagination (1958), edited by Irving Kaufman. His work can be found in the permanent collections of Brooklyn Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Newark Museum, Norfolk Museum, and others.
