About Henry Schwartz

  • Biography

    The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant, www.pkart.com

    Henry Schwartz (1927-2009)

    Henry Schwartz — Boston Expressionist painter, illustrator, and teacher — was born in Winthrop, MA in 1927 and died by his own hand on February 16, 2009 at the age of 81. The youngest of five brothers, Schwartz grew up in Revere. After the great depression his father abandoned the family to look for work in California when he was barely school age.

    According to Boston's Gallery NAGA, Schwartz is considered to be one of the most important and influential artists of the second generation of Boston Expressionist painters. They were a group of local artists that first became known for the...

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