Samuel F. DuBois
PAINTER, PHOTOGRAPHER
BORN: 1805, Samuel F. DuBois
DIED: October 20, 1889, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Born into a prominent religious family in Doylestown in 1808, Samuel DuBois was the son of the Reverend Uriah DuBois, the founding minister of the Doylestown Presbyterian Church. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Sully. Sully painted in the British style of peaches and cream complexions and lyrical, fanciful backgrounds. While DuBois's paintings reflect this teaching, he was also influenced by the more traditional, primitive style of the limners. Thus, he tended to depict his subjects more severely than was the current Academy style. As his reputation spread, his work was included in exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy and he completed a well-known series of portraits for the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
DuBois spent the better part of his life in Doylestown, but also lived and worked for a number of years in Wilkes-Barre. He was also an early pioneer in photography. He had opened a daguerreotype studio in Doylestown by 1847 and followed closely the advances and innovations in the art of photography. DuBois spent most of his life in Doylestown and in addition to the visual arts was an accomplished musician who played the violin and sang with a local quartet.
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