The Saward Art Collection

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Carmen Virginia Wagner Saward

(1915-1982)

Education:

Syracuse University College of Fine Arts (BA 1935);
winner of Augusta Hazard Fellowship for European study (1935-37)

Biography:

As a young artist, Virginia Saward painted portraits in oil and was accomplished in watercolor. In the Northwest, she continued portraiture, as well as landscape and non-representational painting. Virginia Saward was collector and curator of the Kaiser Foundation art collection that now bears her name.

Media:

Watercolor, oil, prints