Don Swann, Sr.

The American artist, Don Swann, Sr., made his home in Baltimore, studied in Munich, Germany and Italy. He is known for his historic Americana, ships, trees, U.S. Navy and series of schools, colleges and Universities. His later subjects included many in color. His work has been advertised and exhibited in many cities in the United States and is one of the permanent collections of the: Metropolitan Museum, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr, Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. Naval Museum, J.P. Morgan, Congressional Library, and other prominent collectors and connoisseurs. The Smithsonian Institute acquired 33 original etchings for the Division of Graphic Arts. He died in 1954. After his death his son, Don Swann, Jr. has been publishing and signing his father's name to guarantee that the original etchings are being printed from the plates made by his father. The American artist, Don Swann, Sr., made his home in Baltimore, studied in Munich, Germany and Italy. He is known for his historic Americana, ships, trees, U.S. Navy and series of schools, colleges and Universities. His later subjects included many in color. His work has been advertised and exhibited in many cities in the United States and is one of the permanent collections of the: Metropolitan Museum, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr, Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. Naval Museum, J.P. Morgan, Congressional Library, and other prominent collectors and connoisseurs. The Smithsonian Institute acquired 33 original etchings for the Division of Graphic Arts. He died in 1954. After his death his son, Don Swann, Jr. has been publishing and signing his father's name to guarantee that the original etchings are being printed from the plates made by his father.