George Schwacha Oil Painting, NYC Skyline

Artist: George Schwacha
Title: New York City Skyline
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Masonite, Signed l.l.
Size: 18.5 x 36 inches (47 x 91.5 cm)
Frame: 23 x 41 inches (58.5 x 104 cm)


George Schwacha (1908 - 1986)

George Schwacha of New Jersey is president of the American Artists Professional League and a past president of the Audubon Artists and Art Centre of New Jersey. He belongs to the American Water Color Society, The National Society of Painters in Casein, and the Philadelphia Water Color Club. His painting shave been shown throughout the country at museums such as the Pennsylvania Academy. The Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC and the Birmingham Art Museum, The Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, Ohio the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, as well as in leading New Jersey and New York exhibitions, including the American Society of Arts and Letters. He is listed in Who's Who in American Art and International Directory of Arts.

His work is represented nationally in over 30 museums and public collections including the Newark Museum, Montclair Museum, Birmingham Art Museum, the Isaac Delgado Museum in New Orleans, and the Butler Art Institute. Worldwide he is also represented in collections in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Israel, Scotland and Switzerland.