Saturday, December 24, 2011
Pencil signed by a student of Frank Duveneck in Cincinnati - Francis William Swain (1892 - 1937)
The following from Edan Hughes’ wonderful book: “Artists in California, 1786-1940.”
A painter, etcher and illustrator, Francis Swain was born in Oakland, California and studied at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1907 to 1913. He served in World War I and then established a studio in San Francisco at 127 East 3rd Street. In 1925, he moved with his family to New York City. He also studied with Frank Duveneck and Frank Van Sloun in Cincinnati and was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy. Francis Swain was a member of the California Society of Etchers and the Cincinnati Art Club. He died at Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island, New York in 1937.
