360 results for: Visual Arts
Painted oxford shoes worn by Phil Webber, ca. 1992
Phil Webber, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer press photographer from 1956-2006, was known for wearing colorful shoes on assignments. The designs on these shoes show Webber's houseboat before and after renovating it.
ID Number:2000.99.1
Date:Circa 1992
Chess set made in 1946 by Seattle jeweler Anchor O. Jensen and depicting the Roman Invasion of Gaul
This intricate and delicately-made chess set features chess pieces that represent the Roman invasion of Gaul (modern-day France) by Julius Caesar in 58-52 BCE. The chess pieces--silver for the Gauls and gold for the Romans--were made by Anchor O. Jensen, uncle to Anchor HH Jensen who designed and built the championship hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV also in the MOHAI collection. Anchor…
ID Number:2000.104.1
Date:1946
Kingdome model, ca. 1970
The Kingdome was the featured venue in Seattle sports culture from 1976-2000. The Kingdome opened in 1976 when Seattle was awarded its first NFL football team, the Seahawks, as well as a baseball team, the Mariners. Beloved by some, hated by others, "The Dome" had a troubled history, including the infamous incident in 1994 when the waterlogged interior ceiling collapsed…
ID Number:2001.22.40
Date:Circa 1970
Painted portrait of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) by Alma Royer Lorraine, ca. 1904
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:2001.55.1
Date:Circa 1904
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 attended high school but did not graduate. 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, 1914-1915
Yasushi Tanaka (1886-1941) was born in Japan and moved to Seattle in 1904 where he attended high school but did not graduate. 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…
ID Number:2002.5.2
Date:191-1915
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