Sam Messer
Encyclopedia
Sam Messer is a painter
living in Brooklyn
, New York
with his wife, film writer and director
Eleanor Gaver, and daughter. He is Associate Dean and professor at the Yale School of Art
.
He has painted numerous paintings of the author Paul Auster
's typewriter (The Story of My Typewriter
).
Messer has also written One Man By Himself: Portraits of John Serl in 1995.
He is represented by the Nielsen Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts.
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
living in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
with his wife, film writer and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
Eleanor Gaver, and daughter. He is Associate Dean and professor at the Yale School of Art
Yale School of Art
The Yale School of Art is one of twelve constituent schools of Yale University. It is a professional art school, granting only Masters of Fine Arts degrees to those completing studies in graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, or sculpture....
.
He has painted numerous paintings of the author Paul Auster
Paul Auster
Paul Benjamin Auster is an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy , Moon Palace , The Music of Chance , The Book of Illusions and The Brooklyn Follies...
's typewriter (The Story of My Typewriter
The Story of My Typewriter
The Story of My Typewriter is a little book, by Paul Auster, mostly with pictures by the painter Sam Messer about the author's old Olympia typewriter. Auster bought the typewriter in 1972 from an old college friend who had owned it since 1962. Allegedly everything Auster has written since has been...
).
Messer has also written One Man By Himself: Portraits of John Serl in 1995.
He is represented by the Nielsen Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts.