Barbara Schwartz (artist)

Barbara Schwartz (1949 – May 8, 2006 in New York City) was an American abstract artist, painter, sculptor and art teacher.

[2] Towards the end of the 1970s, she aimed to develop abstract painting, including non-Western decorative elements, such as an Islamic influence, as well as integrating geometric with organic forms.

[2] She experimented with numerous materials, including wood, glass, and metal, and often cast pieces in bronze and aluminum.

[1] Schwartz married, and was divorced from, artists Bill Jensen and Art Schade.

[1] She died age 58 from leukemia which developed from chemotherapy she had twelve years previously for ovarian cancer, said her companion, Richard Johnson; she was also survived by her stepdaughter, Megan Schade.