354 results for: Visual Arts
Handblown glass sculpture, part of "Seaform" project, by Dale Chihuly, 1985
Local celebrity artist Dale Chihuly designed and inscribed this piece. Born in Tacoma in 1941, Chihuly opened the Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle in 1971. He began his "Seaform" project in 1980 at Pilchuck. In 1990, he purchased the historic Pocock Building at Lake Union for use as a studio, hotshop, and archives, remaming it "The Boathouse."
ID Number:2009.96.1
Date:1985
Handblown glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly, 1987
Local celebrity artist Dale Chihuly designed and inscribed this piece. Born in Tacoma in 1941, Chihuly opened the Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle in 1971. He began his "Seaform" project in 1980 at Pilchuck. In 1990, he purchased the historic Pocock Building at Lake Union for use as a studio, hotshop, and archives, remaming it "The Boathouse."
ID Number:2009.96.2
Date:1987
Handblown glass sculpture, part of "Seaform" project, by Dale Chihuly, 1993
Local celebrity artist Dale Chihuly designed and inscribed this piece. Born in Tacoma in 1941, Chihuly opened the Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle in 1971. He began his "Seaform" project in 1980 at Pilchuck. In 1990, he purchased the historic Pocock Building at Lake Union for use as a studio, hotshop, and archives, remaming it "The Boathouse."
ID Number:2009.96.3
Date:1993
Framed artwork, "Venetian Drawing" by Dale Chihuly, 1990
Internationally-known glass artist, Dale Chihuly (b.1941) was born in Tacoma, Washington, and studied interior design at the University of Washington where he was first introduced to glass. After returning from working in the Venetian glass industry, he incorporated the team approach to blowing glass, and established the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State in 1971. A car accident in the…
ID Number:2009.96.4
Date:1990
Pen and ink drawing, "In the Project Studio," by Hans Bok, 1939
Hans Bok (1914-1964) was born in Missouri and came to Seattle in 1938 where he was one of the youngest artists to work for the Federal Arts Project in this city. While at work, Bok often took out a pen and drew artists working in the project studios in the Alaska Building. This image features Fay Chong in the lower…
ID Number:2010.21.1
Date:1939
Limited edition print of a mural of "The History of Boeing Flight Test," 1989
Prolific Oregon muralist Larry Kangas (1949-2014) was a navigator for 21 years in the US Air Force, and painted more than 1,000 montage-style murals during his lifetime. This particular piece is a color montage of Boeing planes in flight, engineers, and scenes of Boeing workers and flight-related activities.
ID Number:2010.42.1
Date:1989
Gouache painting depicting the protest movements in the 1960s by Lorene Spencer
The 1960s was a turbulent time for civil unrest and here it is captured in a way that shows movement, vibrancy and human action. The artist, Lorene Spencer (1923-2016), was more well known for her pottery and clay sculptures. She and her then-husband Ralph owned a studio in south Seattle in the 1950s and 1960s. Lorene also produced "painted" ceramic…
ID Number:2010.43.1
Date:Circa 1960
Sculpted ceramic scene depicting a brothel interior and exterior by Lorene Spencer, 1970
This work is part of a series of sculptures that depict the stalls and stores at the Pike Place Market and other places in Seattle around 1970. The artist, Lorene Spencer (1923-2016), was well known for her pottery and clay sculptures. She and her then-husband Ralph owned a studio in south Seattle in the 1950s and 1960s. Lorene also produced…
ID Number:2010.43.4
Date:1970
Sculpted ceramic scene depicting Paul Horiuchi's wall in Chinatown by Lorene Spencer, 1970
This work is part of a series of sculptures that depict the stalls and stores at the Pike Place Market and other places in Seattle around 1970. The artist, Lorene Spencer (1923-2016), was well known for her pottery and clay sculptures. She and her then-husband Ralph owned a studio in south Seattle in the 1950s and 1960s. Lorene also produced…
ID Number:2010.43.10
Date:1970
Totem pole made by the Suquamish Tribe, ca. 1914
The pole was made by the Suquamish tribe and presented as a gift at the grand opening of the Seattle YWCA building in 1914. It was one of two poles that stood outside the main doorway of the facility for many years. The Seattle YWCA was founded in 1894 by Mrs. Rees Daniels and 28 local women with the purpose…
ID Number:2010.83.1
Date:1914