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, Art Students League of New York
OccupationsSculptor, arts educator
SpouseNaoco Kumasaka (m. 1978–2004)

Sahl Swarz (May 4, 1912 – October 24, 2004) was an American sculptor and arts educator. His preferred materials were steel and bronze.

Biography

Bidwell statue in Buffalo (1952)
Statue of Gen. Daniel Davidson Bidwell (1952), Colonial Circle, Buffalo, New York

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

He studied under the instruction of Dorothea H. Denslow of The Clay Club (now known as SculptureCenter), of which Swarz was assistant director from 1936–1948, where he also headed the welded sculpture department for years. One of his students was sculptor Barbara Lekberg. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York.

He taught sculpture at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University. He received the Arts and Letters Awards in art (1955), and twice Guggenheim Fellowship recipient (1955, 1958).

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

Swarz died on October 24, 2004, in Pietrasanta, Italy.

Public works

Publications

References

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  5. 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]
  6. ↑ Creating Welded Sculpture By Nathan Cabot Hale p. 184
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. 1 2 Stonestreet III, O.C. (March 18, 2001). "Art: Sculptures were created by Sahl Swarz, an Army man". Statesville Record and Landmark. p. 4. Retrieved February 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Arts and Letters Awards in Art Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ "Art museum acquires 4 Swarz sculptures", Bangor Daily News, November 1, 1979, p.14
  11. ↑ "Kumasaka Naoco"
  12. ↑ "Sahl Swarz".
  13. ↑ "Sahl Swarz's Local Legacy Is Etched in Stone". The Buffalo News. Buffalo, NY. April 9, 2016. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2025 – via HighBeam Research.
  14. ↑ "Buffalo's statutes and monuments". The Buffalo News. July 29, 2009. p. 2. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  15. ↑ Salmon, Robin R. (2009). Sculpture of Brookgreen Gardens. Arcadia Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7385-6656-6.
  16. ↑ "Then and Now". The Berkshire Eagle. September 17, 2006. p. 41. Retrieved February 26, 2025.