14 Facts About Albert Swinden

Albert Swinden was one of the founders of the American Abstract Artists, and he created significant murals as part of the Federal Art Project.

Albert Swinden lived in Chicago, where he studied for about a year and a half at the Art Institute.

Albert Swinden then relocated to New York City, where his art education continued briefly at the National Academy of Design.

Albert Swinden soon changed schools again, to the Art Students League, which he attended from 1930 to 1934.

Albert Swinden studied with Hans Hofmann and gained an appreciation for Synthetic Cubism and Neoplasticism.

Albert Swinden was working with very, very simple planes, not in this sort of Cubistic manner.

Albert Swinden was hired for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, and he is best known for the murals which he painted as part of that project.

Albert Swinden played an important role in the founding of the American Abstract Artists.

One of the artists attending those meetings was painter John Opper, who said in an interview that Albert Swinden was very quiet, shy, and inhibited.

Albert Swinden said that Swinden was one of the best painters in the group.

Burgoyne Diller selected Albert Swinden to create a mural for Brooklyn's Williamsburg Housing Project.

Albert Swinden was not able to execute the mural exactly as he had originally conceptualized, due to constraints of the installation space; for example, the unpainted upper corners which were inserted during restoration are where structural beams were present at the Williamsburg site.

Albert Swinden's mural for the Williamsburg Project, which had been painted over and considered lost before being rediscovered and restored, is a rare and very significant painting from the period before the fire.

Albert Swinden left behind a relatively small oeuvre of "calmly classical visions".