Sahl Swarz
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Sahl Swarz | |
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| Born | May 4, 1912 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 24, 2004 (aged 92) Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy |
| Education | SculptureCenter, Art Students League of New York |
| Occupation(s) | Sculptor, arts educator |
| Spouse | Naoco Kumasaka (m. 1978–2004) |
Sahl Swarz (May 4, 1912 – October 24, 2004)[1] was an American sculptor and arts educator.[2][3] His preferred materials were steel and bronze.[4]
Sahl Swarz was born on May 4, 1912, in New York City, to Jewish Jewish emigrants from the Austrian part of partitioned Poland.[1][5]
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,[1] where he also headed the welded sculpture department for years.[6] One of his students was sculptor Barbara Lekberg.[7] He also studied at the Art Students League of New York.[8]
He taught sculpture at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University.[5] He received the Arts and Letters Awards in art (1955),[9] and twice Guggenheim Fellowship recipient (1955, 1958).[10]
In 1978, he married sculptor Naoco Kumasaka, and they moved to live in Japan and later in Verona, in the province of Lucca, Italy.[11] In 1998, he moved to Pietrasanta, in province of Lucca, Italy.[5]
Swarz died on October 24, 2004, in Pietrasanta, Italy.[12]
