Sahl Swarz

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

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.

[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.

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