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The Henry Art Gallery ("The Henry") is a contemporary art museum located on the campus of the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, United States.Located on the west edge of the university's campus along 15th Avenue N.E. in the University District, it was founded in February, 1927, and was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. [1]
The Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, a designated city landmark, housed the main Seattle Art Museum (SAM) 1933-1981. The "Art Ladder": the main staircase of the 1991 Robert Venturi-designed wing of SAM. The Naval Reserve Armory, now home to MOHAI. Seattle, Washington is home to four major art museums and galleries: the Frye Art ...
It is nonetheless home to four major art museums and galleries: the Frye Art Museum, the Henry Art Gallery, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Several Seattle museums and cultural institutions that are not specifically art museums also have excellent art collections, most notably the Burke Museum of Natural History and ...
Henry Art Gallery; History House of Greater Seattle; K. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park; L. ... Seattle Asian Art Museum; Seattle Children's Museum;
He was a finalist for a 2013 Neddy at Cornish Award [10] and received a 2013 Special Recognition Betty Bowen Award [11] from the Seattle Art Museum. His work is in the permanent collections of the Seattle Art Museum, the University of Washington's Henry Art Gallery, Tacoma Art Museum, and Western Bridge (William and Ruth True Collection). [12]
Kenneth Callahan (1905–1986) was an American painter and muralist who served as a catalyst for Northwest artists in the mid-20th century through his own painting, his work as assistant director and curator at the Seattle Art Museum, and his writings about contemporary art.
Hamilton was commissioned by museum director Sylvia Wolf to create new works for a museum-wide exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle called the common S E N S E. Hamilton drew from collections at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and holdings in the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections to create an ...
Conkelton, Sheryl, What It Meant to be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle 1999; Conkelton, Sheryl, and Landau, Laura, Northwest Mythologies: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA; University of Washington Press, Seattle and London 2003