Himmelfarb exhibited widely from the 1920s through the 1950s, at the Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Exhibitions (early 1920s, 1938),Museum of Wisconsin Art. Samuel Himmelfarb (1904 - 1976), Exhibitions], Artist Archives. shows at the Arts Club of Chicago (1952–9) and Renaissance Society (1958), and national and international circulating shows organized by the American Federation of Arts (1953) and Art Institute of Chicago (1958–9, curated by Katharine Kuh).The Renaissance Society. "Artist Members Exhibition, May 26 – August 29, 1958," Archive. Retrieved January 30, 2018. He was selected for numerous Art Institute of Chicago invitational and "Chicago and Vicinity" shows (1936–1957), including its 1951 "Annual American Exhibition."Odenheimer, Dorothy. "Chicago Show Offers Little Good Art," Chicago Sun, March 1943.Art Institute of Chicago. 60th Annual American Exhibition, Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago. 1951. Retrieved January 30, 2018.Art Institute of Chicago. 56th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago. 1952. Retrieved January 30, 2018.Art Institute of Chicago and City of Chicago. 1957 Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition, Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago/City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor, 1957. Retrieved January 30, 2018.Art Institute of Chicago and City of Chicago. 1958 Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition, Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago/City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor, 1958. Retrieved January 30, 2018. In 1949, he won the museum's Broadus James Clarke Memorial Prize for his casein work, Men on a Boat.Miller, Arthur. "Midwest Art Show Lively as Dance That Opens It," Los Angeles Times, February 11, 1949. Notable solo shows were held for Himmelfarb at the Milwaukee Art Institute (1932), Panoras Gallery (New York, 1956),Arts Magazine. "Samuel Himmelfarb, Panoras Gallery" Review, October, 1956. Frank Ryan Gallery (Chicago, 1958), and Charles Allis Art Museum (Milwaukee, 1969).
