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    • Mark Tobey's eskimo mask

    • Mark Tobey's eskimo mask

    • 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...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Mossy wood, Washington

    • Mossy wood, Washington

    • Colborne, Elizabeth, 1885-1948

    • Elizabeth Aline Colborne was born in Chamberlain, South Dakota. She studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors and was also a highly accomplished printmaker. She lived...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Print

    • Print

    • Tobey, Mark

    • Mark Tobey was born in Centerville, WI in 1890. Beginning his career as an illustrator, Mark Tobey was a deeply religious man, converting to the universalist Baha'i faith in 1918, which would in some way influence all of his works. After extensive...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Quillayut dugouts

    • Quillayut dugouts

    • Handforth, Thomas, 1897-1948

    • Thomas Handforth was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1897. He was an etcher, author and painter. He studied under Mahonri Mackintosh Young and at the University of Washington. He is the author of a Caldecott medal winning children’s book called...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Rain

    • Rain

    • Handforth, Thomas, 1897-1948

    • Thomas Handforth was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1897. He was an etcher, author and painter. He studied under Mahonri Mackintosh Young and at the University of Washington. He is the author of a Caldecott medal winning children’s book called...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Reference room

    • Reference 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...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Rhythm in colors

    • Rhythm in colors

    • Washington, James W., 1911-2000

    • James Winston Washington Jr. was born in Mississippi in 1909. He moved to the Pacific Northwest in the 1940's where he studied at the University of Washington Extension Program with painter Yvonne Twining Humber and printmaker Glen Alps. He also...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Robe ranch

    • Robe ranch

    • Anderson, Guy, 1906-1998

    • Guy Anderson was born in Edmonds, Washington in 1906. At a young age, he was exposed to Asian art and Northwest Indian art and studied portraiture under Eustace Ziegler who taught private art lessons in Seattle. He became friends with Morris...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Sawdust burner

    • Sawdust burner

    • Handforth, Thomas, 1897-1948

    • Thomas Handforth was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1897. He was an etcher, author and painter. He studied under Mahonri Mackintosh Young and at the University of Washington. He is the author of a Caldecott medal winning children’s book called...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Silvana II

    • Silvana II

    • Wehr, Wesley, 1929-

    • Wes Wehr was born on April 17, 1929 in Everett, Washington and was a gifted artist in many areas. As a young man, he tutored Mark Tobey who encouraged him to paint. He documented anecdotes from his interactions with the Northwest artists in his...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Squaw and dog

    • Squaw and dog

    • Ziegler, Eustace Paul, 1881-1969

    • Born in 1881 in Detroit, Michigan, Eustace Ziegler was a painter of the Alaskan School who painted mainly landscapes, portraits and did figure drawing of Northwest Indians. He was trained at Yale University. He taught private art lessons in...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Symbolic realism

    • Symbolic realism

    • 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...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Symbolic stylistic form

    • Symbolic stylistic form

    • 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...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Totem pole

    • Totem pole

    • Ziegler, Eustace Paul, 1881-1969

    • Born in 1881 in Detroit, Michigan, Eustace Ziegler was a painter of the Alaskan School who painted mainly landscapes, portraits and figure drawing of Northwest Indians. He was trained at Yale University. He taught private art lessons in Seattle in...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Untitled

    • Untitled

    • Anderson, Guy, 1906-1998

    • Guy Anderson was born in Edmonds, Washington in 1906. At a young age, he was exposed to Asian art and Northwest Indian art and studied portraiture under Eustace Ziegler who taught private art lessons in Seattle. He became friends with Morris...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Winter dance time

    • Winter dance time

    • 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...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • Woman's mask with labret

    • Woman's mask with labret

    • 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...
    • The Northwest Art Collection

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