Sahl Swarz Explained

Sahl Swarz
Birth Date:	4 May 1912
Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
Death Place:	Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
Education:	SculptureCenter
Occupation:	sculptor, arts educator
Spouse:	Naoco Kumasaka (m. 1978–2004)

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

Biography

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]

He studied under the instruction of 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.^[3] One of his students was sculptor Barbara Lekberg.^[4]

He taught sculpture at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University.^[1] 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, 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.

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

Works and books

• 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,

Notes and References

1. http://www.artp.ecnet.jp/web-gallery-2009-07.html サール・シュワルツ / Sahl Swarz　(1912～2004)
2. Book: Davis, Anita Price. New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators. 2008-10-29. McFarland. 978-0-7864-3779-5. 168–169. en.
3. Creating Welded Sculpture By Nathan Cabot Hale p. 184
4. News: Genzlinger. Neil. 2018-03-03. Barbara Lekberg, Artist With a Blowtorch, Dies at 92. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-08-30. 0362-4331.
5. http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Academy%20Art Arts and Letters Awards in Art
6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19791101&id=km8-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=7VkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3670,145881 "Art museum acquires 4 Swarz sculptures"
7. http://www.museodeibozzetti.it/assets/files/mdb/collezione/artisti/s000051.php "Kumasaka Naoco"
8. Web site: Sahl Swarz.
9. http://www.navigetter.com/navigetter.php#detail%261187 Statue of General Daniel Davidson Bidwell
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160409204719/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22648406.html SAHL SWARZ'S LOCAL LEGACY IS ETCHED IN STONE
11. Web site: Brookgreen Gardens. Funbeaches.com.
12. Book: Salmon, Robin R.. Sculpture of Brookgreen Gardens. 2009. Arcadia Publishing. 978-0-7385-6656-6. 23. en.