Samuel Lines, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Lines

English designer, painter and art teacher

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1778

Place of Birth: Allesley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1863

Profession: teacher, painter, designer, art educator

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Samuel Lines (1778 – 22 November 1863) was an English designer, painter and art teacher, and an early member of the Birmingham School of landscape painters.A significant figure in the development of art in Birmingham during its rapid growth in the early nineteenth century, Lines pioneered the teaching of drawing and painting in the town and was one of the founders of the life drawing academy that would eventually evolve into the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and Birmingham School of Art.