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Lilian Louisa Swann Saarinen (April 17, 1912 – May 22, 1995) was an American sculptor, artist, and writer. She was the first wife of Finnish-American architect and industrial designer Eero Saarinen, with whom she sometimes collaborated.
May 22, 1995 · Explore genealogy for Lilian (Swann) Saarinen born 1912 New York, New York, United States died 1995 Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States including ancestors + 1 photos + more in the free family tree community.
- Female
- April 17, 1912
- Eero Saarinen
- May 22, 1995
Lilian Saarinen. April 17, 1012 – May 22, 1995. Lilian Louisa Swan Saarinen, daughter of Dr. Arthur Warton Swann and Susan Ridley Sedgwick, was born in New York City. Lily demonstrated an early love of animals, going with a caretaker after school each day to the Bronx Zoo to draw.
Lillian Swann Saarinen Sites. Post Office Bas Relief - Bloomfield IN. The terra cotta relief "Waiting for the Mail," by Lillian Swann Saarinen, was completed with New Deal funds in 1941. The work is visible in the historic Bloomfield post office building.
This site provides access to the papers of Lilian Swann Saarinen in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2017, and total 12,958 images.
Lilian Swann Saarinen Exhibitions View all. 1945 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings. Jan 3–Feb 8, 1945
The following oral history transcript is the result of a tape-recorded interview with Lilian Saarinen on February 15, 1979, Fenruary 2, 1981, and November 13, 1980. The interview took place in Cambridge, MA, and was conducted by Robert Brown for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
