biography of William Weldon SWALLOW (1912-1962)

Birth place: Clark's Green, PA

Addresses: Allentown, PA

Profession: Sculptor, painter, teacher

Studied: PM School IA; Univ. Pennsylvania; Muhlenberg College, 1948 (hon. degree, D.F.A.)

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1941-50; NAD, 1943-45; Audubon Artists, 1945 (prize); Syracuse MFA, 1940 (prize), 1941 (prize), 1946 (prize), 1949 (prize), 1952 (prize); Wichita AA, 1946; Lackawanna County AA, 1940-45; Lehigh Valley AA, 1940-46; Lehigh Univ., 1940-46; PM School IA, 1935 (prize); AV, 1942 (prize); NSS, 1946 (prize);Woodmere Art Gal., 1951-53 (prizes), 1957 (prize), 1958 (prize); Citation, Cedar Crest College, 1954 (prize).

Member: Audubon Artists; Phila. WCC; Lehigh Valley Art All.

Work: Syracuse MFA; Scranton MA; MMA; Allentown AM; IBM Collection.

Comments: Position: art director, South Whitehall Sch., Allentown, 1936-46; head, art dept., Parkland Sch., Allentown, PA.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.