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  • Biographical Notes: Art
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    • [Cloth print]

    • [Cloth print]

    • Chong, Fay

    • Fay Chong was born in Canton, China in 1912. He worked primarily in printmaking and in watercolor. He and his family moved to Seattle in 1920. He attended Edison High School where he was a classmate of George Tsutakawa. Chong worked on the Public...
    • [Wood pile]

    • [Wood pile]

    • Chong, Fay

    • Fay Chong was born in Canton, China in 1912. He worked primarily in printmaking and in watercolor. He and his family moved to Seattle in 1920. He attended Edison High School where he was a classmate of George Tsutakawa. Chong worked on the Public...
    • Children's room

    • Children's room

    • Morris, Stuart

    • Stuart Morris was born in West Virginia in 1882 (?) and studied art in Columbus, Ohio and Philadelphia. He came to Seattle and became art editor for the Seattle P.I. where he was on the staff for nearly 20 years. When he retired in 1928, he was...
    • Corner in bindery

    • Corner in bindery

    • Morris, Stuart

    • Stuart Morris was born in West Virginia in 1882 (?) and studied art in Columbus, Ohio and Philadelphia. He came to Seattle and became art editor for the Seattle P.I. where he was on the staff for nearly 20 years. When he retired in 1928, he was...
    • Drydocked

    • Drydocked

    • Chong, Fay

    • Fay Chong was born in Canton, China in 1912. He worked primarily in printmaking and in watercolor. He and his family moved to Seattle in 1920. He attended Edison High School where he was a classmate of George Tsutakawa. Chong worked on the Public...
    • Figure of man

    • Figure of man

    • Twohy, Julius

    • A North American Indian, Julius Twohy was a member of the Ute tribe. He worked on the Federal Works of Art Project under Robert Bruce Inverarity and created murals for the project in Tacoma. He collaborated on the project with Fay Chong, Hans Bok...
    • Haircut

    • Haircut

    • Chong, Fay

    • Fay Chong was born in Canton, China in 1912. He worked primarily in printmaking and in watercolor. He and his family moved to Seattle in 1920. He attended Edison High School where he was a classmate of George Tsutakawa. Chong worked on the Public...
    • Indian gathering bark

    • Indian gathering bark

    • Inverarity, Robert Bruce, 1909-

    • Robert Bruce Inverarity was director of the Federal Art Project in Seattle from 1936 to 1941 and director of the Art and Craft Project for the State of Washington. He collaborated with Fay Chong, Jacob Elshin and Julius Twohy on the project.
    • Landscape - hills and water

    • Landscape - hills and water

    • Callahan, Kenneth, 1905-1986

    • Kenneth Callahan was born in Spokane, Washington on October 30, 1906. His painting style developed in his youth in Montana and San Francisco. Upon moving to Seattle in the 1930’s, he married Margaret Bundy who was editor of the Town Crier. He...
    • Late summer

    • Late summer

    • Horiuchi, Paul, 1906-1999

    • Paul Horiuchi was born in Kawaguchi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan in 1906. He was a collagist, painter, and muralist. He participated in the Works Progress Administration program in Wyoming with Vincent Campanella in 1923. He exhibited in the...
    • Mammalia mirror

    • Mammalia mirror

    • Juvonen, Helmi, 1903-1985

    • Helmi Juvonen was born in Butte, Montana on January 17, 1903. She worked in many media including printmaking, painting and paper-craft. She attended Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle where she met artist Mark Tobey with whom she was famously...

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