Swan, Barbara, 1922-....

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Swan, a painter, draftsman, and lithographer from Boston, Mass., was friends of Rosalind Miller, a professor of psychiatric social work at Columbia University, and Edwin Miller, a Walt Whitman scholar and biographer of Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Millers are collectors of American textiles.

From the description of Barbara Swan letters to Rosalind and Edwin Miller, 1961-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81488088

Painter, printmaker; Brookline, Mass.

From the description of Barbara Swan interviews, 1973 June 13-1974 June 12 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80468450

Barbara Swan (1922- ) is a painter and printmaker from Brookline, Mass.

From the description of Oral history interview with Barbara Swan, 1973 June 13-1974 June 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397597

Painter, illustrator, draftsman, and lithographer; Boston, Mass.

Studied at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston under Karl Zerbe. Ellsworth Kelly was also a student there. Swan collaborated as an illustrator with poets Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin.

From the description of Barbara Swan papers, 1927-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81952743

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referencedIn Tillie Olsen papers, 1930-1990. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Robert Taylor papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Swan, Barbara, 1922-. Barbara Swan : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
creatorOf Barbara Swan letters to Rosalind and Edwin Miller Archives of American Art
creatorOf Barbara Swan papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf SWAN, BARBARA. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Swan, Barbara, 1922-. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
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creatorOf Oral history interview with Barbara Swan Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Alan Fink Archives of American Art
creatorOf Karl E. Fortess interviews with artists Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Alpha Gallery (Boston, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Brown, Robert F. person
associatedWith Chaet, Bernard. person
associatedWith Chaet, Ninon. person
associatedWith Fink, Aaron, 1955- person
associatedWith Fink, Alan, 1925- person
associatedWith Fink, Joanna Elizabeth, 1958- person
associatedWith Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907- person
associatedWith Gustin, Dan. person
associatedWith Kelly, Ellsworth, 1923- person
associatedWith Kumin, Maxine, 1925- person
associatedWith Miller, Edwin Haviland. person
associatedWith Miller, Rosalind S., 1923- person
associatedWith Milton, Peter, 1930- person
associatedWith Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. School. corporateBody
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Olsen, Tillie. person
associatedWith Sexton, Anne. person
associatedWith Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974. person
associatedWith Stevovich, Andrew, 1948- person
associatedWith Taylor, Robert, 1925- person
associatedWith Tovish, Harold, 1921- person
associatedWith Weinberg, Elbert, 1928-1991. person
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts--Boston
Massachusetts
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Art, American
Art
Draftsmen
Illustrators
Lithographers
Painters
Painters
Poets
Printmaker
Prints
Women artists
Women artists
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Birth 1922-06-23

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