Beth Swartz (b. 1936). Beth Ames Swartz (born February 5, 1936) is an American painter and visual artist. Primarily working in the idioms of abstraction and semi-abstraction, her paintings and... Read full biography
Beth Swartz (b. 1936). Beth Ames Swartz (born February 5, 1936) is an American painter and visual artist. Primarily working in the idioms of abstraction and semi-abstraction, her paintings and mixed-media works are commonly informed by philosophical and spiritual concepts shared by people of... Read full biography
Beth Swartz (b. 1936). Beth Ames Swartz (born February 5, 1936) is an American painter and visual artist. Primarily working in the idioms of abstraction and semi-abstraction, her paintings and mixed-media works are commonly informed by philosophical and spiritual concepts shared by people of different cultural world views, and incorporate both symbols and words in the vocabulary of their visual language. Her art practice has been guided by aesthetic philosophies including Wassily Kandinsky’s... Read full biography
Beth Swartz (b. 1936). Beth Ames Swartz (born February 5, 1936) is an American painter and visual artist. Primarily working in the idioms of abstraction and semi-abstraction, her paintings and mixed-media works are commonly informed by philosophical and spiritual concepts shared by people of different cultural world views, and incorporate both symbols and words in the vocabulary of their visual language. Her art practice has been guided by aesthetic philosophies including Wassily Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art and Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, and inspired by various religious and philosophical systems including Native American Healing practices, Buddhism, Jewish Mysticism, and Christianity in order to facilitate... Read full biography
Beth Swartz (b. 1936). Beth Ames Swartz (born February 5, 1936) is an American painter and visual artist. Primarily working in the idioms of abstraction and semi-abstraction, her paintings and mixed-media works are commonly informed by philosophical and spiritual concepts shared by people of different cultural world views, and incorporate both symbols and words in the vocabulary of their visual language. Her art practice has been guided by aesthetic philosophies including Wassily Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art and Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, and inspired by various religious and philosophical systems including Native American Healing practices, Buddhism, Jewish Mysticism, and Christianity in order to facilitate communication with viewers on both the conscious and unconscious level. Swartz synthesizes these spiritual traditions in h... Read full biography
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About Beth Swartz: Books
Books & Publications (16)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Beth Ames Swartz: The Fire and the Rose
2003
Perreault, John
22 pages (color)
Reminders of Invisible Light The Art of Beth Ames Swartz (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Rubin, David; Arlene Raven
152 pages (color)
Faces of Arizona A Tribute to Arizona Artists and Patrons
1999
Sarda, Michel F
207 pages
Reflections of Women Artists
1997
O'Sullivan, Michael B M.D.
39 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Beth Ames Swartz: A Story for the Eleventh Hour A Story for the Eleventh Hour (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Sichel, Berta
28 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
Connecting The Art of Beth Ames Swartz
1984
Nelson, Mary Carroll
135 pages (color)
Paintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection
1983
Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds
273 pages (color)
The First Western States Biennial Exhibition Western States Art Foundation (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Ewing, Robert A; Joshua Taylor (Intro)
80 pages (color)
Biennial 1979 Phoenix Art Museum (Exhibition catalog)