Late summer
Artist
Horiuchi, Paul, 1906-1999
Title
Late summer
Description
A watercolor painting on masonite done in greys and yellows suggesting a quiet , summery landscape scene .
Biographical Notes
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 Northwest Annual at the Seattle Art Museum in 1930 . He moved to Seattle in 1946 where he and his family ran an antique shop called Tozai . He was introduced to Mark Tobey and the Northwest School of artists around this time . In 1956 , he began to work in collage in addition to paint for which he became quite famous . He died in 1999 .
Date
1958
Decade
1950-1959
Subjects (LCSH)
Arts, American -- Northwest, Pacific -- 20th century. Horiuchi, Paul, 1906-1999 Japanese American artists. Northwest School of artists. Watercolor painting. Summer. Landscape.
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on masonite
Image Measurements
10 1/8 x 12 3/8 inches
Artwork Type
Paintings
Identifier
spl_art_H782La
File Format
image/jp2
Digitization Specifications
79,031,560 bytes (working master file). Image capture by IO Color using a 25 mp camera (Sony A900 DSLR). Resized using Adobe Photoshop CS to 4000 pixels along the long dimension.
Contributing Institution
The Seattle Public Library
Collection
The Seattle Public Library Northwest Art Collection
Rights and Reproduction Information
For information about rights and reproduction, visit http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/rights
Source
uncat
Local Type
Artworks
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