biography of James SWANN (1905-1985)

Birth place: Merkel, TX

Death place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: Chicago, IL

Profession: Etcher, commercial artist

Studied: Sul Ross State Teachers College. Alpine, TX

Exhibited: SAE; Calif. SE; NAD; CI; LOC; & other major print exhib.; Chicago SE, 1940 (prize); Calif. PM, 1943 (prize); SSAL, 1936 (prize); Paris Salon, 1937 (medal); Shope prize, NYC, 1953.

Member: SAGA; Calif. Printmakers; Prairie Printmakers (secretary/treas.,1946-on); Chicago SE (secretary/treas., 1937-46); Dallas Print & Drawing Soc.

Work: Cedar Rapids MA; Smithsonian Inst.; AIC; NYPL.; Los Angeles MA; MMA; Dallas MFA; Illinois State Lib.; Newark Mus.; Pub. Lib., Sherman, TX

Comments: From the 1930s-60s, he produced more than 250 works in all printmaking media, and was regarded as one of the Midwest"s most respected printmakers. Contributor to American Artist magazine; Chicago Tribune; others. Lectures: Print Collecting; Etching Process.

Sources: WW59; WW47; biography, Cedar Rapids MA (c.1990).