265 results for: Visual Arts
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Fred Anderson, Paul Horiuchi, Alden Mason, and Ambrose Patterson, Seattle, October 14, 1955
In this image shows the winners of the four top prizes in Art on Pine Street, an annual Seattle sidewalk exhibition. From left: Fred Anderson won the Frederick & Nelson award for "Bon Bon;" Paul Horiuchi won the Seattle Post-Intelligencer award for "Antedeluvian;" Alden Mason received the Bon Marche award for "Grain Forest;" and Ambrose Patterson won the Norman Davis…
ID Number:1986.5.17489.1
Date:1955
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Kenneth Callahan with some of his paintings, Seattle, 1937
Handwritten on image: Kenneth Callahan.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle painter Callahan, Kenneth.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 26, 1937.
ID Number:1986.5.20743.2
Date:1937
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William Cumming with Anna Gerber and Ina Willner, Seattle, 1961
William Cumming (1917-2010) was a painter and a member of the Northwest School of artists. A figurative painter, Cumming was more interested in conveying a sense of bodies in motion rather than capturing realistic details. His paintings make extensive use of outline and pattern to define shapes and spaces, and the faces of his figures are often obscured or featureless.…
ID Number:1986.5.22661.1
Date:1961
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Zoë Dusanne, Seattle, December 1961
Zoë Dusanne (1884-1972) was Seattle’s first professional modern art dealer, and the first woman and first African American to own their own gallery in the Seattle area. Born in Kansas, Dusanne followed her parents to Seattle in 1912. In 1913 her mother, Leticia Graves, helped found the Seattle chapter of the NAACP and was its first President; Zoë and her…
ID Number:1986.5.24097.1
Date:1961
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Joseph Hillaire (Kwul-kwul'tw) showing totem pole sketch to William Devin and Genji Mihara, Seattle, June 1961
Joseph Raymond Hillaire, or Kwul-kwul'tw, (1894–1967) was an Lummi artist known for his carved totem poles in the style of the Coast Salish peoples. Hillaire was also a storyteller, performer, and activist, bringing attention to Native culture, and fostering cross-cultural communication and understanding. In 1961, Hillaire was commissioned to create two story poles for the Seattle Worlds Fair (Century 21…
ID Number:1986.5.28647.1
Date:1961
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Joseph Hillaire (Kwul-kwul'tw) carving totem pole in Pioneer Square, Seattle, August 3, 1961
Joseph Raymond Hillaire, or Kwul-kwul'tw, (1894–1967) was an Lummi artist known for his carved totem poles in the style of the Coast Salish peoples. Hillaire was also a storyteller, performer, and activist, bringing attention to Native culture, and fostering cross-cultural communication and understanding. In 1961, Hillaire was commissioned to create two story poles for the Seattle Worlds Fair (Century 21…
ID Number:1986.5.28648.2
Date:1961
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Frank White Eagle and Pearl Warren examining Native American art, Seattle, January 1962
The American Indian Women's Service League (AIWSL) grew out of a 1958 meeting of American Indian women sharing their concerns over living conditions their people faced. The organization became the Seattle Indian Center (SIA) in 1972, which provides services and assistance to all people. Initially opening in the Belltown neighborhood at 2604 First Avenue, the SIA is now located at…
ID Number:1986.5.44299.1
Date:1962
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Pearl Warren examining Native American art, Seattle, 1962
The American Indian Women's Service League (AIWSL) grew out of a 1958 meeting of American Indian women sharing their concerns over living conditions their people faced. The organization became the Seattle Indian Center (SIA) in 1972, which provides services and assistance to all people. Initially opening in the Belltown neighborhood at 2604 First Avenue, the SIA is now located at…
ID Number:1986.5.44300.2
Date:1962
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AIWSL President Pearl Warren displaying Native American art, Seattle, January 1962
The American Indian Women's Service League (AIWSL) grew out of a 1958 meeting of American Indian women sharing their concerns over living conditions their people faced. The organization became the Seattle Indian Center (SIA) in 1972, which provides services and assistance to all people. Initially opening in the Belltown neighborhood at 2604 First Avenue, the SIA is now located at…
ID Number:1986.5.44300.3
Date:1962
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James Washington Jr. carving a sculpture, Seattle, August 1965
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:1986.5.44316.1
Date:1965