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The museum's primary focus is on artwork from the Pacific Northwest from 1880 to 1962, [1] either from artists from the area or related to local places and events. [2] Pacific Northwest art from this period, especially the years prior to 1930, has been largely forgotten by museums and collectors according to art historians. [9]
David F. Martin is an art historian with a primary focus on female, gay or Asian-American artists. [1] He is an authority on the art of Washington State during the period 1890-1960, and in particular on members of the Seattle Camera Club, and chiefly composed of Japanese American photographers working in the Pictorialist style.
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 ...
Experience Music Project. This list of museums in Washington state encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Cascadia Art Museum 12 miles north of Seattle, featured a major retrospective of Pierce's Alaska work. The exhibition, "Modern Alaska: Art of the Midnight Sun, 1930-1970", ran from April to July, 2018.
John Takehisa Matsudaira [2] (November 11, 1922 – January 30, 2007) was an American painter active mainly in Seattle, Washington from the 1940s through the 1970s. He was involved in the Pacific Northwest's vibrant Asian-American art community, and is sometimes associated with the 'Northwest School' of artists.
The organization was founded in 2001 through a merger of the Bellevue Historical Society and the Marymoor Museum (formerly in the Clise Mansion at Marymoor Park in Redmond). [ 1 ] Offices are in downtown Bellevue and the historic Frederick W. Winters House , also in Bellevue, which houses a small exhibit space.
The Whatcom Museum is a natural history and art museum located in Bellingham, Washington. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums , [ 2 ] the Whatcom Museum has a three building campus that includes Old City Hall, the Lightcatcher building, and the Syre Education Center.