Katana VentraIP

Barbara Swan

Barbara Swan (1922–2003), also known by her married name, Barbara Swan Fink, was an American painter, illustrator, and lithographer. Her early work is associated with the Boston Expressionist school; later she became known for her still-life paintings in which light is refracted through glass and water, and for her portraits. She is also known for her collaboration with the poets Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin, and for her archived correspondence with various artists and writers.

Barbara Swan

1922

Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.

2003

Brighton, Massachusetts, U.S.

Painting
Illustration
Lithography

Alan Fink

Alumnae Achievement Award, , 1996

Wellesley College

George Roth Prize, Philadelphia Print Club, 1965

Institute for Independent Study, , Associate Scholar, 1962, 1961

Radcliffe College

Pintner Award, Cambridge Art Association, 1960, 1958, 1957

Albert Whitin Traveling Fellowship, , 1948

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Barbara Swan: Reflected Self, , 2013

Danforth Museum

Barbara Swan: Portraits and Still Lifes, Museum of Art, , 2012

University of New Hampshire

Barbara Swan: A Retrospective of Drawings, , 1993

Boston Public Library

1973

Addison Gallery of American Art

Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, 1965, 1963, 1957, 1953

The Expressive Voice, , 2011-2012

Danforth Museum

Painting in Boston: 1950-2000, , 2002

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

Against the Grain: The Second Generation of Boston Expressionism, , 2000

University of New Hampshire

New England Artists Working on Paper, , Boston, 1980

Museum of Fine Arts

Contemporary American Painting, , 1950

University of Illinois

Andover, MA

Addison Gallery of American Art

Cambridge, MA

Fogg Museum

Boston, MA

Museum of Fine Arts

Washington, D.C.

National Portrait Gallery

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Roscio, Jessica (2013). . Danforth Art Museum.

Barbara Swan: Reflected Self

Brown, Robert (13 June 1973). . Archives of American Art.

"Oral history interview with Barbara Swan"

Bookbinder, Judith (2005). . Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Press. ISBN 9781584654889.

Boston Modern: Figurative Expressionism as Alternative Modernism

Baby by Barbara Swan, oil on canvas, ca. 1955

Esther Geller by Barbara Swan, oil on canvas, 1948-1953

Cover of Maxine Kumin's Up Country, illustrated by Barbara Swan

Cover of Anne Sexton's The Death Notebooks, illustrated by Barbara Swan

Cover of Anne Sexton's Transformations, illustrated by Barbara Swan

Cover of Anne Sexton's Live or Die, illustrated by Barbara Swan

Barbara Swan paintings, Alpha Gallery, Boston