(1952), Colonial Circle, Buffalo, New York|alt=Bidwell statue in Buffalo (1952) Sahl Swarz was born on May 4, 1912, in New York City, to Jewish Jewish emigrants from the Austrian part of
partitioned Poland. He studied under the instruction of
Dorothea H. Denslow of The Clay Club (now known as
SculptureCenter), of which Swarz was assistant director from 1936–1948, where he also headed the
welded sculpture department for years. One of his students was sculptor
Barbara Lekberg. He also studied at the
Art Students League of New York. He taught sculpture at the
University of Wisconsin and
Columbia University. and twice
Guggenheim Fellowship recipient (1955, 1958). In 1978, he married sculptor , and they moved to live in Japan and later in
Verona, in the
province of Lucca, Italy. In 1998, he moved to Pietrasanta, in province of Lucca, Italy. ==Public works==