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Mark Tobey and Vera Belsky, Seattle, circa 1930
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. Tobey also taught free art classes for the Seattle Music and Art Foundation. Here, he examines the work of Vera Belsky, who…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.01
Date:1930
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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
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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
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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
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Total Experience Gospel Choir members singing, Seattle, June 22, 1980
The Total Experience Gospel Choir (1973-2018) was founded and led by Pastor Patrinell Wright and, though based in Seattle, the choir performed and toured extensively around the world. Wright formed a choir at Franklin High School as an alternative activity for African-American students in 1970, but when a school-funding levy failed in 1973, her position was cut and she began…
ID Number:2000.107.213.12.01
Date:1980
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Total Experience Gospel Choir praying together at Sea-Tac airport, January 23, 1986
The Total Experience Gospel Choir (1973-2018) was founded and led by Pastor Patrinell Wright and, though based in Seattle, the choir performed and toured extensively around the world. Wright formed a choir at Franklin High School as an alternative activity for African-American students in 1970, but when a school-funding levy failed in 1973, her position was cut and she began…
ID Number:2000.107.213.12.02
Date:1986
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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
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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
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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
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Tuba Family Christmas Ensemble, Seattle, December 23, 1984
First conceived of in 1974 by professor Harvey G. Phillips (1929-2010) to honor his tuba teacher William Bell, who was born on Christmas Day 1902, TubaChristmas events continue to be sponsored worldwide by the International Tuba Euphonium Association (previously the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association or T.U.B.A.), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and advancing the tuba and euphonium instruments. This…
ID Number:2000.107.214.32.01
Date:1984