Samuel Bak

Lithuanian-American painter, writer (born 1933)

Person human Q473782

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: August 12, 1933, 1933^[8]
Place of birth: Vilnius
Country of citizenship: Israel, United States, Italy^[9]^[10]^[11]
Occupation: painter, stage painter, engraver, theatre designer, artist
Field of work: painting^[12]
Educated at: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Beaux-Arts de Paris^[13]^[14]
Award received: honorary citizen of Vilnius^[15]
Spouse: Anna Bak
Languages spoken, written or signed: French, Italian, Yiddish, English^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]
Artist files at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library, Université du Québec à Montréal^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[27]
Family name: Bak^[18]
Floruit: 2025^[21]
Given name: Samuel^[19]
Has works in the collection: National Gallery of Canada^[26]
Movement: surrealism^[17]
P14750: 1D25-967B-B80C-7A85-C73A
Pseudonym: Bak, Shmuel^[20]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 55

ISNI: 0000000110761290
VIAF cluster ID: 90735741
Library of Congress authority ID: n50016122
GND ID: 118506072
Image (Wikimedia Commons): DanielaBak-1983-1984-JPG (5)-(EA890B20-299C-1005-9C16-871061331441).jpg ↗
100-Year Guide to Hebrew Theatre person ID: 451
Artists of the World ID: 10101416
Artnet artist ID: samuel-bak
Athenaeum person ID: 9364
Bait La Zemer Ha-Ivri artist ID: 987007258022005171
Benezit ID: B00010461
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14628891f

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CANTIC ID: 981061272216906706
Christie's creator ID: 10547
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741816997376
DDB person (GND) ID: 118506072
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118506072
Discogs artist ID: 5275970
Europeana entity: agent/base/87972
FAST ID: 5040
Filmportal ID: ade27c7d68734629857d31b11e9eed96
Freebase ID: /m/0ft8wm
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000063205509856
IMDb ID: nm9660312
ISFDB author ID: 45601
IdRef ID: 063461307
Information Center for Israeli Art artist ID: 271883
Invaluable.com person ID: o4c8udaz2f
IxTheo authority ID: 079310362
Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian): 15877
Jewish Virtual Library ID: samuel-bak
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID: 118506072
Kallías ID: PE00137632
Libris-URI: nl024v6656rbl60
Munzinger person ID: 00000026474
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA12497540
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2003202449
NUKAT ID: n02081206
National Gallery of Canada artist ID: samuel-bak
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007258022005171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810532234505606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 151277060
Obálky knih ID: mzk2003202449
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID: 49065
RKDartists ID: 3661
SBN author ID: TO0V513605
SELIBR ID: 234006
SIK-ISEA person ID: 4026678
SIKART person ID: 4026678
SNAC ARK ID: w6hx2bq3
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500080045
WikiArt ID: samuel-bak
WikiTree person ID: Bak-253
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJjMDh6pkF9ryMC4M4gqcP
Yale LUX ID: person/91a6f9ae-e13b-4b1f-98af-988731b024cf

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Languages spoken, written or signed 4

English, French, Italian, Yiddish

Country of citizenship 3

United States, Italy, Israel

Occupation 3

painter, engraver, stage painter

Educated at 2

Beaux-Arts de Paris, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Artist files at 1

Université du Québec à Montréal

Award received 1

honorary citizen of Vilnius

Field of work 1

painting

Given name 1

Samuel

Has works in the collection 1

National Gallery of Canada

Instance of 1

human

Movement 1

surrealism

Place of birth 1

Vilnius

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Samuel Bak was born on August 12, 1933^[1], in Vilnius^[2]. He has worked as a painter^[3], stage painter^[4], engraver^[5], theatre designer^[6], and artist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Samuel Bak born?

Samuel Bak's place of birth was Vilnius^[2].

What did Samuel Bak do for work?

Samuel Bak worked as a painter^[3], stage painter^[4], engraver^[5], theatre designer^[6], and artist^[7].

Where did Samuel Bak go to school?

Samuel Bak was educated at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design^[13] and Beaux-Arts de Paris^[14].

What awards did Samuel Bak receive?

Honors received include honorary citizen of Vilnius^[15].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Samuel Bak — place of birth (P19): Vilnius. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Samuel Bak — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Samuel Bak — country of citizenship (P27): Israel. SIKART. Retrieved 2021-06-18. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Samuel Bak — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Samuel Bak — country of citizenship (P27): Italy. SIKART. Retrieved 2021-06-18. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Samuel Bak — educated at (P69): Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Samuel Bak — educated at (P69): Beaux-Arts de Paris. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Samuel Bak — field of work (P101): painting. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Samuel Bak — occupation (P106): painter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Samuel Bak — occupation (P106): stage painter. RKDartists. Retrieved 2025-12-10. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Samuel Bak — occupation (P106): engraver. RKDartists. Retrieved 2025-12-10. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Samuel Bak — occupation (P106): theatre designer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Samuel Bak — occupation (P106): artist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Samuel Bak — movement (P135): surrealism. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Samuel Bak — award received (P166): honorary citizen of Vilnius. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Samuel Bak — date of birth (P569): August 12, 1933. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-29. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Samuel Bak — date of birth (P569): 1933. Information Center for Israeli Art. Retrieved 2018-07-01. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Samuel Bak — family name (P734): Bak. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Samuel Bak — given name (P735): Samuel. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Samuel Bak — pseudonym (P742): Bak, Shmuel. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Samuel Bak — floruit (P1317): 2025. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Samuel Bak — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Samuel Bak — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Italian. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Samuel Bak — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Yiddish. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Samuel Bak — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Samuel Bak — has works in the collection (P6379): National Gallery of Canada. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Samuel Bak — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-05-28. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Samuel Bak — artist files at (P9493): Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives. pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48994. pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48994. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Samuel Bak — artist files at (P9493): Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library. library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Samuel Bak — artist files at (P9493): National Gallery of Art Library. library.nga.gov. library.nga.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Samuel Bak — artist files at (P9493): Université du Québec à Montréal. Retrieved 2026-03-30. wikidata.org.

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10w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14750 → 1D25-967B-B80C-7A85-C73A

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23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → painter, stage painter, engraver +2

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25w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Family name → Bak

Field of work → —

Has works in the collection → National Gallery of Canada

Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights

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