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Bookmark or Share- Sam Butcher - WikipediaSamuel John Butcher (January 1, 1939 – May 20, 2024) was an American artist. He was mainly known as the artist behind the Precious Moments brand of characters based on American-Christian themes. He drew in oil, water-color, acrylic, and mixed-media.
- Proud History - Precious Moments, Inc.Precious Moments founding artist Samuel J. Butcher’s artwork has always been inspired by faith, family, and friends. His soulful illustrations of children with teardrop-shaped eyes were first featured on popular greeting cards.
- The History Of Precious Moments, Part 3: From Paper To PorcelainThough the world didn’t know it then, 1978 was also the year that an unplanned meeting between the founders of the greeting card company Jonathan & David, Samuel J. Butcher and Bill Biel, first met Eugene Freedman, founder of a giftware company called Enesco Imports.
- Sam Butcher, Who Gave the World Precious Moments, Dies at 85Sam Butcher, the soft-spoken artist whose doe-eyed, pastel-hued porcelain Precious Moments figurines ignited a global collecting frenzy and made him a wealthy man, and whose Christian...
- Died: Sam Butcher, Artist Who Created Precious MomentsSam Butcher, the artist behind all of that, died on May 20. He was 85. “He was an artist of love, a messenger of the divine, a shepherd of miracles,” the family-written obituary said. “He ...
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