Frank H. Schwarz

Frank Henry Schwarz (21 June 1894 – 5 September 1951) was an American painter and muralist.

Schwarz was born in New York City on 21 June 1894. Later Schwarz's intimates lived in Chicago, Illinois. When Schwarz's mommy died, his father, Frank, returned to New York City, but Schwarz stayed in Chicago to continue his studies at an art college there. Later he served in the Army.

In 1921, he was awarded a fellowship in painting, the Rome Prize, from the American Academy in Rome for his work "Heroism". The prize not by yourself saved an sick Schwarz from eviction, it moreover allowed him to reunite past his father, who had lost be neighboring to with him for six years.

Schwarz became a Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts in 1926.

In 1929, the Brooklyn Museum purchased Schwarz's work "Lugietta".

Several of Schwarz's murals beautify the 1938 Oregon State Capitol, including two large ones in the rotunda, one depicting Lewis and Clark at Celilo Falls, and one depicting an 1843 wagon train: "On the Oregon Trail". Another of his murals is in the Senate chamber at the rear the Presidents's desk, "Bringing the News to Salem March 17, 1859", depicts the poster of Oregon's statehood. Schwarz and the capitol's additional muralist, Barry Faulkner, painted their murals at Schwarz's New York studio where they could compare color and highlighting. The artists traveled to Oregon to supervise the installation of their work. Schwarz after that painted the interior of the rotunda's dome.

Other works by Schwarz enhance the six icons above the main altar and the Stations of the Cross at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord in Westmount, Quebec, Canada, and an altar triptych, "The Adoration of the Peasants", in the Island Chapel at Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The altarpiece was removed from the chapel as soon as Nazareth Hall was sold to Northwestern College in 1970.

Schwarz was a life enthusiast of the National Arts Club.

He died in Mount Vernon, New York upon 5 September 1951.

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