354 results for: Visual Arts
Bust of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) by Alma Royer Lorraine, ca. 1909
Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). She was born around 1820 and lived until she was in her mid-seventies. The artist Alma Royer Lorraine (1858-1952) was born in Ohio and moved to Seattle in 1893. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the…
ID Number:2001.55.2
Date:Circa 1909
Print by Marvin Oliver, "New Generation," 1997
This serigraph by Native American sculptor and printmaker Marvin Oliver (d. 2019) depicts a new generation of salmon hatching from eggs. Born to Quinault and Isleta-Pueblo parents, and raised in Washington and San Francisco, Marvin Oliver (date of birth unknown) was an Associate Professor of American Indian Studies and Art History at the University of Washington and Curator of Contemporary…
ID Number:2001.70.1
Date:1997
Portrait of Elizabeth Sutton Gustison by Charles A. Veteto, ca. 1978-1980
Elizabeth Gustison was director of the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) from 1953-1979. Not much is known about the artist Charles Veteto except that he was a local painter.
ID Number:2001.91.1
Date:1978-1980
Charcoal drawing, "Moi Meme" (self portrait) by Yasushi Tanaka, 1913
Yasushi Tanaka (1886-1941) was born in Japan and moved to Seattle in 1904 where he graduated from high school. He studied art, exhibited and taught at the Seattle Fine Art Association from 1901-1920. Yasushi had his first one-man show in Seattle in 1914 and his works demonstrated a cubist influence.
ID Number:2002.5.1
Date:1913
Charcoal drawing, "Portrait of Louise Cann" (the artist's wife) by Yasushi Tanaka, 1913
Yasushi Tanaka (1886-1941) was born in Japan and moved to Seattle in 1904 where he graduated from high school. He studied art, exhibited and taught at the Seattle Fine Art Association from 1901-1920. Yasushi married Louise Gebhard Cann who was from a notable Seattle family. Cann's father, Judge Thomas Hart Cann, was Seattle's police court judge and held a few…
ID Number:2002.5.2
Date:1913
Painting, "Detail for West Seattle High School Mural," by Jacob Elshin, 1937
Jacob Elshin (1892 – 1976) was born in Russia in 1892, and moved to Seattle in 1923. When the federal government launched the Public Works of Art Project in 1933 to assist unemployed artists, Elshin was among the first to sign up. Over the course of his career, Elshin became well known for his paintings in oil and watercolor. His…
ID Number:2002.9.1
Date:1937
Watercolor painting, "Showstreet, Seattle World's Fair" by William Werrbach, 1962
In 1962, Seattle held its second world fair featuring the futuristic theme "Century 21" and the buildings and grounds were well-documented by local artists and photographers, including Werrbach's artistic birds-eye view of Show Street. William Werrbach (b.1925) was born in Seattle and studied art with professors at the University of Washington and Cornish School. He is known for being a…
ID Number:2002.22.5
Date:1962
Print of watercolor painting of Pioneer Square in Seattle by Jess Cauthorn, 1952
Jess Dan Cauthorn (1923-2005) was born in Seattle and was a student at the Burnley School of Professional Art, which he later purchased and ran until it became the Art Institute of Seattle in 1982. He influenced many northwest artists and was a member of the American Watercolor Society, Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters, and the Northwest Watercolor Society.…
ID Number:2002.23.1
Date:1952
American flag art print by Don Paulson, 1970
Don Paulson (1933-2006) was an author, artist, and chronicler of Seattle drag culture. He was born in Seattle and grew up in Auburn and Enumclaw. Paulson was drafted into the U.S. Army at 19 and served for two years during the Koren War. In the early 1960s he went to New York and immersed himself in the Pop Art scene.…
ID Number:2002.23.2
Date:1970
Painting of Olympic Mountains from West Seattle above Lincoln Park by Jessie M. Elliott, 1893
Jessie M. Elliott (1861-1950) was born in Merrimack, Wisconsin, in the spring of 1861 and died 89 years later in Seattle. She studied art in California and moved to Seattle in the late 1880s to open an art school. In addition to oil, Elliott worked in charcoal, metal, and enamels. She belonged to Women Painters of Washington, a group founded…
ID Number:2002.59.1
Date:1893