360 results for: Visual Arts
Cover illustration from the book "Shawneen and the Gander" © 1937, written and illustrated by Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett (1899-1971) was a nationally known printmaker, illustrator, and painter. He was born in Ireland but grew up just outside Seattle in Washington State, and he also spent time in New York City and Ireland. A leading children's book author and illustrator, he received national recognition for his work and was selected by several authors to illustrate their books.
ID Number:2006.38.403.170
Date:1937
Painting of three workmen in a huddle with one holding a shovel, by Carl Morris, 1920-1960
Carl Morris (1911-1993) was a painter born in California. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and several years in Paris and Vienna. Morris served as the director of the Spokane Art Center during the late 1930s. He worked with fellow Pacific Northwest artist Mark Toby, and was a figurative painter until the end of WWII, then painted abstractions.…
ID Number:2006.38.409
Date:1920-1960
Painting of children in a playground by Mark Tobey, ca. 1930s
Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was from the Midwest but spent much of his later life in Seattle. He is known for his abstract imagery, murals, illustrations. From 1911-1922, Tobey worked as a commercial illustrator in New York City providing fashion illustrations and caricatures for "McCalls" magazine and other publications. He spent time in Europe and immersed himself in Asian religion, and…
ID Number:2006.38.411
Date:Circa 1930
Gouache painting of two hunters resting on a stump, untitled, by Richard Bennett, ca. 1930s
Richard Bennett (1899-1971) was a nationally known printmaker, illustrator, and painter. He was born in Ireland but grew up just outside Seattle in Washington State, and he also spent time in New York City and Ireland. A leading children's book author and illustrator, he received national recognition for his woodblock prints and engravings. He was close friends with several leading…
ID Number:2006.38.412
Date:Circa 1930
Painting of downed trees and northwest landscape by Kenneth Callahan, 1930s-1940s
Kenneth Callahan (1905-1986) was born in Spokane and lived in Seattle, becoming a nationally known artist, most celebrated for his murals. Self-taught as a painter and sculptor, he is best known as a leading figure in the Northwest School along with Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, and Guy Anderson. Much of his inspiration came from nature. In 1946, he and his…
ID Number:2006.38.434
Date:Circa 1930-1940
Print, "The Battle of Seattle, January 26, 1856" and featuring the USS Decatur, by Mark Myers, 1987
This colored print features the USS Decatur which was an armed vessel anchored in Elliott Bay during the "Battle of Seattle" that took place on January 26, 1856. On this day, the native peoples in the area attacked the newly arrived white settlers who took refuge in the blockhouse or on the Decatur which proceeded to fire shells toward land.…
ID Number:2006.60.1
Date:1987
Watercolor and Chinese ink painting, "Driftwood" by Fay Chong, 1945
Fay Chong (1912–1973) was a Chinese-American artist in Seattle and was known for his printmaking and watercolor painting. He was an influential member of what became known as the Northwest School and worked on Seattle's Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project. This particular painting hung in the Chong home.
ID Number:2007.6.1
Date:1945
Original artists' model for Fremont Troll sculpture made in June 1990
In 1990, the Fremont Arts Council held a contest to find a sculpture for the empty space under the Aurora Bridge. The Troll concept was not selected as a semifinalist, but the artists were still allowed to submit it into the competition if they paid the costs of constructing a model. Four models (three semifinalists and the Troll) were voted…
ID Number:2007.16.1
Date:1990
Watercolor study for the mural at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Eustace Ziegler, 1952
Eustace Paul Ziegler (1881 - 1969) was a noted Northwest artist known for his depictions of Alaskan and Pacific Northwest landscapes and industry. In 1924, Ziegler was commissioned to execute a number of large paintings for company offices in Seattle. He was a founder and the first president of the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters. He was one of…
ID Number:2008.61.1
Date:1952
Watercolor illustration, "The Men Cut Shakes," by Parker McAllister, 1948
Parker McAllister (1903 - 1970) was an artist who was most noted for his illustration work at the Seattle Times and on Lucile McDonald's Washington state history texts. This image appears on page 54 of "Washington's Yesterdays, Before There Was a Territory," published in 1953. He worked primarily in watercolor, but was a photographer as well. McAllister illustrated articles written…
ID Number:2008.63.1
Date:1948