360 results for: Visual Arts
Contemporary oil painting, "The City," by Wendell Brazeau, 1948-1950
Wendell Brazeau (1910-1974) was born in Spokane, Washington, and moved to Seattle in 1928 to attend the University of Washington. Brazeau worked several jobs post graduation including a position at Boeing where he drew 3-D perspectives from engineers' plans. After WWII, he became a faculty member in the UW art department which he held until his death in 1974. Brazeau's…
ID Number:2015.80.2
Date:1948-1950
Watercolor, "Snow in the Alley," by Bruce Butt, 1943
Bruce Wallace Butt (1920-2003) was born in Seattle, and lived in Oregon and California at different points in his life. As an artist, he was primarily a watercolorist. An ordained minister, Butt worked as an art director at various advertising agencies in California and Oregon, and was a member of the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters. Butte conducted art…
ID Number:2015.80.3
Date:1943
Watercolor, "The First Snow," by Charles Lussier, 1940
Charles Lussier (1912-1981) lived in Washington and was a member of the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters. He was also a skilled architectural draftsman and, during WWII, he attended a course in the Camouflage School Division of the Office of Civil Defense at the University of Washington.
ID Number:2015.80.5
Date:1940
Acrylic painting, "Tugs," by Fred Marshall, 1967
Fred Bruce Marshall (1904-1976) was a painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. He was born in Oregaon and attended Washington State University. Marshall worked as a cartoonist at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for 38 years. He was a member of the American Watercolor Society, the Puget Sound group of Northwest painters, and the the Northwest Watercolor Society.
ID Number:2015.80.6
Date:1967
Oil and ink painting, "End of Summer," by Neil Meitzler, 1964
Neil Meitzler (1930–2009) was born in Colorado and his family moved to Oregon during the Depression, and later to Orting, Washington. After high school graduation, Meitzler moved to Seattle where he became a draftsman at Boeing. He also worked as a set painter and was mentored and influenced by Kenneth Callahan and other artists of the "Northwest School." Beginning in…
ID Number:2015.80.7
Date:1964
Collage painting, "Earth Form," by Emily Hall Morse, 1967
Emily Hall Morse (1905-1988) was an easel and mural painter living in Washington. She attended the Art Students League of New York and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. A scholarship in her name was established at the Cornish Art School in Seattle.
ID Number:2015.80.8
Date:1967
Oil painting, "Landscape," by Grace Nichols, ca. 1910-1950
Grace Nichols (1892-1983) was a landscape painter who lived in Spokane, Washington.
ID Number:2015.80.9
Date:1910-1950
Oil painting, "Fishing Fleet," by Thomas W. Wells, ca. 1959
Thomas Wells (1916 – 2004) was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was a member of the Marine Historical Societies of Seattle, San Diego, San Francisco and New York. He was also a life member of the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters. A maritime enthusiast, Wells was known for his works that featured ships and the sea. Other works by…
ID Number:2015.80.10
Date:Circa 1959
Cradle basket given to Gilbert Norris Turner by members of the Tulalip tribe in the early 1910s
This cradle basket was given to the donor's family as a gift from the Tulalip people. The family fished with their Tulalip neighbors at their summer home in Snohomish.
ID Number:2015.95.1
Date:Circa 1910
Tlinget basket, white and blue, part of 3-piece set #B16-34 by Preston Singletary, 2012
Preston Singletary (Tlingit American, b. 1963) is a well-known and respected glass artist in Seattle. He uses European glass blowing techniques to create Northwest Native art and features themes of transformation, animal spirits and shamanism.
ID Number:2016.35.1
Date:2012