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Image of Mark Tobey and Olaf Anderson painting a panel for the Mardi Gras ball, February 1928
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Mark Tobey and Olaf Anderson painting a panel for the Mardi Gras ball, February 1928

Painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.The theme of Seattle's Fine Arts Society 1928 Mardi Gras Ball was the Year 2000 A.D. -- a mechanical age where angles would…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.02
Date:1928
Image of Edward Thomas, Mark Tobey, and Ethel Thomas, Seattle, August 7, 1963
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Edward Thomas, Mark Tobey, and Ethel Thomas, Seattle, August 7, 1963

Painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.In this image Tobey, center, accompanied by Edward B. Thomas and his wife Ethel Morrison Thomas, enters the Seattle Art Museum for a…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.03
Date:1963
Image of David Levine, Mark Tobey, and Gordon Clinton, Seattle, March 30, 1959
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David Levine, Mark Tobey, and Gordon Clinton, Seattle, March 30, 1959

Painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.In this image Tobey, center, is presented with a copy of a City Council resolution in his honor by Council President David Levine,…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.04
Date:1959
Image of George Tsutakawa with his sculpture
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George Tsutakawa with his sculpture "Family Group," Seattle, 1954

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.01
Date:1954
Image of Ayame Tsutakawa at UW luncheon, Seattle, May 12, 1968
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Ayame Tsutakawa at UW luncheon, Seattle, May 12, 1968

Artist George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was born in Seattle and met his wife, Ayame Iwasa Tsutakawa (1924-2017) during World War II, when he was on furlough from serving in the U.S. Army and visiting his sister at the Tule Lake concentration camp in California. Tule Lake was one of ten large camps operated by the War Relocation Authority in which Japanese…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.02
Date:1968
Image of George Tsutakawa painting in his studio, Seattle, November 28, 1978
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George Tsutakawa painting in his studio, Seattle, November 28, 1978

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.03
Date:1978
Image of George Tsutakawa with fountain models, Seattle, August 16, 1968
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George Tsutakawa with fountain models, Seattle, August 16, 1968

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.04
Date:1968
Image of George Tsutakawa near fountain at Post-Intelligencer building, Seattle, October 23, 1971
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George Tsutakawa near fountain at Post-Intelligencer building, Seattle, October 23, 1971

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.05
Date:1971
Image of George Tsutakawa polishing gates, Seattle, November 11, 1975
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George Tsutakawa polishing gates, Seattle, November 11, 1975

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.06
Date:1975
Image of Edwin Lee, Susan Mochizuki, and George Tsutakawa, Seattle, May 28, 1971
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Edwin Lee, Susan Mochizuki, and George Tsutakawa, Seattle, May 28, 1971

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized artist best known for his avant-garde bronze fountain designs. He made an art form of water, creating more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Their shapes, like his own life, marry Japanese and American sensibilities. Tsutakawa taught at the University of…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.07
Date:1971
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