265 results for: Visual Arts
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James Washington Jr. carving sculpture "Woodchuck and Owl", Seattle, September 1969
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:1986.5.51172.10
Date:1969
Poster
Century 21 Exposition poster, Seattle, April 21 - October 21, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. The exposition's displays and attractions were centered around themes of science and technology, but included showcases for a variety of word cultures.This poster is based on original artwork attributed to E. Carpenter, Birdart Studio,…
ID Number:1987.59.20
Date:1962
Poster
Century 21 Exposition poster, Seattle, April 21 - October 21, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. The exposition's displays and attractions were centered around themes of science and technology, but included showcases for a variety of world cultures. The fair commission several area artists to promote the fair in guidebooks,…
ID Number:1987.59.21
Date:1962
Poster
Century 21 Exposition poster, Seattle, April 21 - October 21, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. The exposition's displays and attractions were centered around themes of science and technology, but included showcases for a variety of world cultures. The fair commission several area artists to promote the fair in guidebooks,…
ID Number:1987.59.22
Date:1962
Poster
Century 21 Exposition poster, Seattle, April 21 - October 21, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. The exposition's displays and attractions were centered around themes of science and technology, but included showcases for a variety of world cultures. The fair commission several area artists to promote the fair in guidebooks,…
ID Number:1987.59.23
Date:1962
Poster
Century 21 Exposition poster, Seattle, April 21 - October 21, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. The exposition's displays and attractions were centered around themes of science and technology, but included showcases for a variety of world cultures. The fair commission several area artists to promote the fair in guidebooks,…
ID Number:1987.59.24
Date:1962
Photograph
Cast stone statue representing "Mastery," circa 1927
This image of a cast stone figure representing "Mastery" was taken prior to its placement above the entrance to Suzzallo Library on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. The figure, created by sculptor Allan Clark from a live model in his Tacoma studio, was fabricated in cast stone by the Pacific Stone Company of Seatttle. Photographer's number: 14335Caption information…
ID Number:1991.22.2.15
Date:Circa 1927
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Covered sculpture in downtown Seattle on "Day Without Art," December 1, 1989
"Day Without Art," a project of the arts organization Visual AIDS, launched on December 1, 1989 as "a day of action and mourning" in which thousands of arts institutions and organizations around the world joined together to demonstrate the power of art to raise awareness of the ongoing AIDS pandemic. In this image Luis Clark, groundskeeper for the 1001 Building…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.11
Date:1989
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Glen Alps & Edwin Essex with model for City Hall fountain, Seattle, September 1961
Glen Alps (1914-1996) was an artist and art professor. He was born in Colorado and moved to Seattle to attend graduate school at the University of Washington (UW), graduating in 1947. He began teaching at UW while a student, became a full professor in 1962, and stayed at UW until his retirement in 1984. Alps’ primary artistic medium was printmaking,…
ID Number:2000.107.006.31.01
Date:1961
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Guy Anderson in his living room, LaConner, November 19, 1981
Painter Guy Anderson (1906-1998) 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 that was different from traditional Northwest Native American art forms, which had been long recognized as "northwest art."Here, Anderson sits at his…
ID Number:2000.107.007.28.01
Date:1981