Born in Brooklyn, NY, Samuel Margolies is best known for his work in the 1930’s featuring dramatic views of New York’s skyscrapers and the heroic workers who built them. Margolies studied art at the Cooper Union Art School and the National Academy of Design. He was a member of the Society of American Etchers, American Veterans Society of Artists, and the American Artists Congress. Margolies exhibited at the New York World's Fair in 1939 and his work is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress as well as various embassies and federal buildings in Washington D. C.