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Joseph Jeswald

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Joseph Jeswald (1927 - 2009) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Florida, Ohio.  Joseph Jeswald is known for Modernist figure painting.

Jeswald, the son of an Ohio factory worker was born in 1927 and raised in an Italian-American enclave in the village of Leetonia. During World War II, he joined the service, went to Germany in 1945 and was among the first Americans to enter the concentration camps.

He saw Dachau. "He entered those death camps as a 17-year-old Catholic boy and came out somebody completely different," Hester Jeswald, his widow, said. "He had no idea that this kind of horror could happen.  His paintings have always had black in them and that's where this comes from."  Jeswald studied in Paris at the Academy Julien, and was hand-picked to train with French abstract artist Fernard Leger.

When he returned to the United States, he settled in New York City around 1950 where he began his career.  He also studied at Columbia University.  In New York, he met a young dancer, June Jeswald, whom he would marry.  In 1955, they moved to Rockport, Massachusetts, a town they both   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2473 characters.]  Artist bio

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9 Book References for Joseph Jeswald
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1968 Robbins, Daniel/David W Scott An American Collection The Neuberger Collection 463 Yes
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