WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture

Artists›Samuel Johnson Woolf

Samuel Johnson Woolf

1880–1948

WA-00046801

Painting

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

60%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ30014786

Field Verification (5 fields)

2 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%

Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/29042
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

About

Why this artist matters now

Samuel Johnson Woolf was an American painter and portraitist known for his fastidious academic technique and his ability to capture the psychological presence of his sitters. Working primarily in oil and pastel throughout the early to mid-twentieth century, Woolf developed a reputation for meticulous draftsmanship and formal dignity in his portraits of prominent cultural and political figures. His methodical approach to likeness and character study positioned him within the tradition of American academic portraiture, where technical precision and psychological insight were paramount.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 8d ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

—

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (8)

WattsOS

Frank Lloyd Wright

1927 · Charcoal and white chalk on paper

21 3/4 × 16 3/4 in. (55.2 × 42.5 cm) Frame: 26 1/2 × 21 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (67.3 × 54 × 3.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mark Twain

1915 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Beethoven

1915 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

Theodore Roosevelt

1914 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

First Aid Station at Seicheprey

1913 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

Edgar Allen Poe

1910 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

William Church Osborne

1880 · Charcoal and white chalk on paper

25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. (65.1 x 50.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Caster

1780 · Silver

Overall: 3 3/4 x 1 15/16 in. (9.5 x 4.9 cm); 3 oz. 5 dwt. (100.3 g) Foot: Diam. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) Body: H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); 2 oz. 17 dwt. (87.9 g) Cover: H. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); 8 dwt. (12.4 g)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artwork sources (4)

8 published of 10 catalogued · 5 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published2 img
The Met
3 published1 img
+ 2 more sources · 2 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Edgar Allen Poe
1910 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Mark Twain
1915 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Theodore Roosevelt
1914 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Beethoven
1915 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
First Aid Station at Seicheprey
1913 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Samuel Johnson Woolf (1880–1948) self portrait

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Collections2

Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

No exhibitions or timeline entries yet