Samuel Washington Weis (1870–1956) was an American cotton broker, painter and sketch artist.

Early life and education

Samuel Weis was born in

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to Caroline (née Mayer) (1841–1885) and Julius Weis (1826–1909). His father was a German Jewish immigrant who came to the United States in 1845. His parents married in 1864 and moved from Natchez, where his mother was raised, to New Orleans. There Julius Weis became a successful broker buying and selling cotton. Caroline Weis returned to her mother in Natchez for the births of four of her seven children, including Samuel, born August 8, 1870. After schooling in New Orleans, his parents sent Samuel to

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for preparatory school, graduating in 1888. He attended college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a member of the Alpha Theta Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Career

Samuel Weis joined his father in the cotton business and painted as a hobby, achieving something of a reputation in New Orleans as an artist. He moved to Chicago and became president of Ilg Electric Ventilating Company, founded in 1906. The company supplied fans for Navy ships in World War I and produced industrial fans, out of a series of large factories in Chicago.

Marriage and family

Samuel Weis married Edith Frank (1882–1971), and the couple had one child, Frances Weis Pick (1905–1988), a painter of watercolors. Samuel Washington Weis died April 6, 1956.

References

* Falk, Peter Hastings, ''Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975'', Madison, CT, Sound View Press, 1999, Vol. III, p. 3505. * Jacobsen, Anita, ''Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists'', Dallas, Texas, A.J. Publications, 2002, Vol. I, Book IV, p. 3429. * Mahe, John, ''Encyclopedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918'', Historic New Orleans, New Orleans, 1987, p. 408.

External links

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Footnotes

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