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, in the spring of 1968, Anderson stands in his LaConner, WA studio in front of his design for a mosaic mural. Given the date of the photograph, this is likely the paving mural he designed for Seattle First National Bank's new skyscraper at Fourth Avenue and Madison Street in downtown Seattle, which opened the following year.
Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph. Additional information from The Seattle Times, March 23, 1969.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7.25 x 9.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.007.28.04, photo by Doug Wilson
