Samuel Peters Ziegler (January 4, 1882 – April 7, 1967) was an American painter, printmaker, musician, and educator.^[1] He taught for many years at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas; and served as the chair of the art department.

Samuel Peters Ziegler was born on January 4, 1882, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.^[2] He was the child of Mary R. (née Peters) and Christian Ziegler.^[2]

He attended the Philadelphia Musical Academy (now the University of the Arts) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (now the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts).^[2] Ziegler studied under Hugh Henry Breckenridge, William Merritt Chase, and Thomas Pollock Anshutz.^[2] In 1912, Ziegler was awarded the Cresson European Traveling Scholarship which he used to travel for six months, and study in England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Italy.^[2]

In 1917, he started teaching at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.^[2] He was the chair of the art department at Texas Christian University, from 1925 to 1953.^[2][3]

His paintings are in museum collections at the Texas Christian University campus, the Amon Carter Museum of Modern Art,^[4] and at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.^[2]

• Barker, Scott Grant (2004). Samuel P. Ziegler and Fort Worth: Drawings and Prints, 1919–1939. Fort Worth, Texas. OCLC 57358227.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)