biography of Bennet A. SWANSON (1900-1968)

Birth place: Winthrop, MN

Death place: St. Paul, MN

Addresses: St. Paul, MN

Profession: Painter, lithographer, teacher

Studied: St. Paul IA; ASL; & with Andre Lhote, Paris, France; Stockhold, Galanesse.

Exhibited: AIC, 1942; Paris Salon, 1927; Milwaukee, 1944; Minnesota State Exhib., 1920, 1922-26, 1933 (prizes), 1936 (prize); Minneapolis IA, 1923; Twin City Exhib., 1926 (prize), 1934 (prize).

Work: Univ. Minnesota; Walker AC; Minneapolis IA; Nat. Red Cross, Wash., DC; mural, Field House, Ft. Snelling, MN; numerous hospitals, schools, pub. bldgs., throughout U.S.

Comments: Positions: teacher, Art Crafts Center, St. Paul; artist, General Outdoor Advertising Co., Minneapolis. Anthony White gives year of birth as 1897.

Sources: WW59; WW47.