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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • [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...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • 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...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • [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...
    • The Northwest Art Collection
    • 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...
    • 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
    • Alberni Mill

    • Alberni Mill

    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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.
    • 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
    • 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

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