Sahl Swarz
Sahl Swarz (May 4, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York City – October 24, 2004 in Pietrasanta, Italy [1][2]) was American sculptor and arts educator.
Biography
Sahl Swarz was born to Jewish emigrants from the Austrian part of the partitioned Poland to the United States.[3]
He studied under the instruction of Dorothea Denslow of the Clay Club, which has become the SculptureCenter, of which Swarz was assistant director during 1936-1948,[2] where he also headed the welded sculpture department for years.[4]
He taught sculpture at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University.[3]
Arts and Letters Awards in art winner (1955),[5] twice Guggenheim Fellowship recipient (1955, 1958).[6]
In 1978 he married sculptor Naoko (Naoco) Kumasaka, and they moved to live in Japan and later in Verona.[7]
In 1998 he moved to Pietrasanta, Italy.[3]
Works and books
- Statue of Gen. Daniel Davidson Bidwell (October 19, 1924, Colonial Circle, Buffalo, New York)[8][9]
- The Guardian (1937) Brookgreen Gardens [10] (a young male standing with a long bow and a dog sitting at his feet)[11]
- Sahl Swarz: Mosaic and Metal Sculpture, 1954, ASIN: B00226MEM2
- Sahl Swarz 1912 -2004: Retrospective of His Life Work, Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Tokyo, 2007
- Fifty years of sculpture by Sahl Swarz, 1933-1983, Verona : Edizioni La Quaglia, 1983, ISBN 0839003374
References
- ↑
- 1 2 "New Deal Art in North Carolina", by Anita Price Davis pp 165-169
- 1 2 3 サール・シュワルツ / Sahl Swarz (1912～2004), 今月のWeb ギャラリー ２００９年７月]
- ↑ Creating Welded Sculpture By Nathan Cabot Hale p. 184
- ↑ Arts and Letters Awards in Art
- ↑ "Art museum acquires 4 Swarz sculptures", Bangor Daily News, November 1, 1979, p.14
- ↑ "Kumasaka Naoco"
- ↑ Statue of General Daniel Davidson Bidwell
- ↑ SAHL SWARZ'S LOCAL LEGACY IS ETCHED IN STONE, The Buffalo News, October 12, 1994, RICHARD HUNTINGTON - News Art Critic
- ↑ Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
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