The aesthetic, Greek-inspired art and dance styles that Swan learned during this time would remain little changed throughout his life. Though Swan had a number of other lovers in his life, both men and women, he stayed close with his wife until her death in 1951. Swan married Helen Palmer Gavit, granddaughter of sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer, in 1911 or 1912. In Greece he began his career as a dancer. He used the money from the commission to travel to Egypt and Greece.
She was so pleased that she commissioned Swan to paint four additional portraits. He was inspired to paint her life-sized portrait and send it to her as a gift. In 1910 Swan saw Russian actress Alla Nazimova perform in Ibsen’s play Little Eyolf in Albany, New York. In 1906 he was able to move to New York where he got a job with Dilineator magazine drawing ladies hats. He tended to be rejected for his unconventional behavior and gender nonconformity, so he cultivated friendships with artists and LGBT figures in the area, including Willa Cather. They believe it wrong to cultivate personal charm." Īs a teenager, Swan moved around various cities in the Midwestern United States. Of his Nebraska home, Swan said in 1917 "My people are very orthodox and do not believe in the life I have chosen. His mother's religious convictions were disturbed by her son's "strange quirks" such as the elaborate theater productions he made with his sisters' dolls. He and his family moved to Crab Orchard, Nebraska when he was 6 years old. Paul Swan was born in Ashland, Illinois in 1883. Once billed as "the most beautiful man in the world," Swan has come to be looked on as a "gay camp icon." Life Paul Spencer Swan (J– February 1, 1972) was an American painter, sculptor, dancer, poet and actor.
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