360 results for: Visual Arts
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, "Keep Clam" 4 cent stamp, 1960
In 1960, the state of Maine promoted its seafood industry with a sardine stamp. Ivar Haglund, founder of Ivar's seafood restaurant chain and publicity stunt prankster, campaigned for a "clam stamp." Artist William Werrbach created the design, but the novelty stamp was later revoked by the US Postal Service. According to Werrbach, the printing plates and stamps featuring the clam…
ID Number:2002.22.7
Date:1960
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
Painting by Don Paulson, "Construction of the Columbia Tower," ca. 1985
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:2003.16.1
Date:Circa 1985
Glass and steel sculpture by Doris Chase, 1997
Doris Totten Chase (1923-2008) was a leading Northwest artist for almost 50 years and a member of the Northwest School. A native of Seattle, she studied architecture at the University of Washington. She also studied oil painting with Russian émigré artist Jacob Elshin, with Mark Tobey, and with Greek artist Nickolas Damascus. Chase worked as a painter for fifteen years,…
ID Number:2004.64
Date:1997
Oil portrait of Victor Denny, Jr., by Charles A. Veteto, 1979
Victor Denny (1903-1979) was the grandson of early Seattle settlers David and Louisa Denny. He headed the Seattle office of Blyth & Co., an investment firm, for many years. He was also United States Tennis Association president from 1958-1959, and president of the Pacific Northwest Tennis Association for thirteen years. Not much is known about the artist Charles Veteto except…
ID Number:2005.1.39
Date:1979
Portrait of Lt. Thomas W. McCurdy USNR (1928-1955), painted in 1955
This portrait of Lt. Thomas W. McCurdy USNR was painted by Charles A. Veteto in 1955. The McCurdy family are longtime supporters of the maritime community, the University of Washington, MOHAI, and many other organizations. Not much is known about the artist except that he was a local painter.
ID Number:2005.15.1
Date:1955
Portrait of Daniel V. McEachern by Charles A. Veteto, 1971
Horace W. McCurdy (1899-1989), maritime builder and great benefactor of MOHAI, commissioned this portrait of his friend Daniel V. McEachern (1879-1971) who founded with his father and brothers the J.A. McEachern Construction Company in 1911. In 1929, they merged with, and assumed the name of, General Construction Company, which went on to build multimillion dollar construction projects in and around…
ID Number:2005.15.3
Date:1971