George Swinton (artist)

George Swinton
Born
George Henry Gordon Swinton

(1917-04-17)17 April 1917
Vienna, Austria
Died21 April 2002(2002-04-21) (aged 85)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
EducationB.A. degree in economics and political science from McGill University, Montreal (1946);
Montreal School of Art and Design (1946–1947);
Art Students League, New York (1949–1950)
Known forartist, historian, writer, collector
AwardsOrder of Canada (1980)

George Swinton CM RCA L.L. D. (17 April 1917 – 21 April 2002) was a Canadian painter, historian, and one of the earliest writers and collectors of Inuit art. His book Eskimo Sculpture was published in 1965. A second book Sculpture of the Eskimo followed in 1972, a third Sculpture of the Inuit in 1999.

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