3 results for: Houlahan, Kathleen
Oil painting, "The Saint Paul," by Kathleen Houlahan, ca. 1923-1940
The St. Paul was a three-masted clipper ship built in Maine in 1874. She made several trips around Cape Horn to the west coast of the United States. By 1930, she was no longer a working ship and, in 1934, was turned into a museum docked on the shores of Ballard. Less than a decade later, the St. Paul was…
ID Number:1983.14.1
Date:Circa 1923-1940
Portrait of girl with dog from Seattle's Ruth School for Girls by Kathleen Houlahan, 1920-1930
This portrait features an unidentified Black girl with a dog in her lap. Students at the Ruth School For Girls were wards of the Seattle Juvenile Court and described as “misfits in the public schools.” The School opened in 1922 and provided school services until 1955. The artist Kathleen Houlahan (1887-1964) was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and grew up in…
ID Number:2006.23.1
Date:Circa 1920-1930
Portrait of "Jimmie Lane" by Kathleen Houlahan, ca. 1910-1920
This portrait is of a young boy from the Beaux Arts Village, a tiny Eastside town that was founded with the vision of a utopian arts colony. The artist Kathleen Houlahan (1887–1964) was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and grew up in Pasadena, California. She moved to Seattle in 1901 to attend the University of Washington. She also studied art in…
ID Number:2006.23.2
Date:Circa 1910-1920