6 results for: Works Progress Administration
Portrait of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) by Jacob Elshin, 1940-1950
Jacob Elshin (1892 – 1976) was born in Russia but fled after the Bolsheviks took power in 1917 and settled in Seattle in 1923. He worked for the Public Works of Art Project in 1933 and his large-scale murals were prominently displayed in many local public buildings. Elshin also taught art at the Edison Technical School in Seattle. This portrait…
ID Number:1950.16
Date:Circa 1940-1950
Painting of Denny Park before the Regrade by Julius Twohy, 1930-1940
The artist, Julius Twohy (1902–1986), was born in White Rocks, Utah, and was a member of the Ute tribe. He was also known as Land Elk and Two-vy-nah-auche. During the Great Depression, Twohy joined the local Federal Art Project becoming one of the few Native American muralists in the country. A member of the Washington Artist’s Union, Twohy exhibited at…
ID Number:1950.499
Date:1930-1940
Painting of construction of the White-Henry-Stuart building by Fokko Tadama, 1914
Once located on 4th Avenue and Union Street, the three attached structures of the White-Henry-Stuart building were built from 1908-1915. The building was demolished in 1974 to make way for the Rainier Bank Tower. The artist, Fokko Tadama (1871–1937), was born in India and immigrated to Seattle via New York around 1910. Already an established artist in Europe, Tadama held…
ID Number:1953.299.1
Date:1914
Pennant from the Civilian Conservation Corps, Company 2911, 1930s
Part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal legislation, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a government work relief program that employed about 3 million unmarried men age 18 to 25 from 1933 until 1942. Men volunteered for the program and served for a minimum of six months. They worked on jobs related to the conservation and development of natural…
ID Number:1981.7254.1
Date:Circa 1930
Oil painting of an eastern Washington scene with large wheat stalks by Guy Anderson, ca. 1950
Guy Anderson (1906-1998) grew up in Edmonds, Washington, and was a member of the Northwest School of artists. During the Great Depression, Anderson worked for the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) Federal Art Project. He was fascinated by the natural landscape and Native American art, and he expressed his homosexuality throughout his work. Although he did not receive as much acclaim…
ID Number:2006.38.6
Date:Circa 1950
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