Sahl Swarz

Sahl Swarz
Born(1912-05-04)May 4, 1912
New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 24, 2004(2004-10-24) (aged 92)
Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
EducationSculptureCenter
Occupation(s)sculptor, arts educator
SpouseNaoco Kumasaka (m. 1978–2004)

Sahl Swarz (May 4, 1912 – October 24, 2004)[1] was an American sculptor and arts educator.

Biography

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Bidwell statue in Buffalo (1952)

Sahl Swarz was born on May 4, 1912, in New York City to Jewish emigrants to the United States from the Austrian part of the partitioned Poland.[1][2]

He studied under the instruction of Dorothea Henrietta Denslow [Wikidata] of The Clay Club (which has become the SculptureCenter), of which Swarz was assistant director during 1936–1948,[1] where he also headed the welded sculpture department for years.[3] One of his students was sculptor Barbara Lekberg.[4]

He taught sculpture at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University.[2] Swarz was an Arts and Letters Awards in art winner (1955),[5] and twice Guggenheim Fellowship recipient (1955, 1958).[6]

In 1978, he married sculptor Naoco Kumasaka [Wikidata], and they moved to live in Japan and later in Verona in province of Lucca, Italy.[7] In 1998, he moved to Pietrasanta, in province of Lucca, Italy.[2]

Swarz died on October 24, 2004, in Pietrasanta, Italy.[8]

Works and books

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  • Statue of Gen. Daniel Davidson Bidwell (1952, Colonial Circle, Buffalo, New York)[9][10]
  • The Guardian (1937), Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, (a young male standing with a long bow and a dog sitting at his feet)[11][12]
  • 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

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  1. ^ a b c Davis, Anita Price (October 29, 2008). New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators. McFarland. pp. 168–169. ISBN 978-0-7864-3779-5.
  2. ^ a b c 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]
  3. ^ Creating Welded Sculpture By Nathan Cabot Hale p. 184
  4. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (March 3, 2018). "Barbara Lekberg, Artist With a Blowtorch, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  5. ^ Arts and Letters Awards in Art Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Art museum acquires 4 Swarz sculptures", Bangor Daily News, November 1, 1979, p.14
  7. ^ "Kumasaka Naoco"
  8. ^ "Sahl Swarz".
  9. ^ Statue of General Daniel Davidson Bidwell
  10. ^ SAHL SWARZ'S LOCAL LEGACY IS ETCHED IN STONE, The Buffalo News, October 12, 1994, RICHARD HUNTINGTON – News Art Critic
  11. ^ "Brookgreen Gardens". Funbeaches.com.
  12. ^ Salmon, Robin R. (2009). Sculpture of Brookgreen Gardens. Arcadia Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7385-6656-6.
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