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Totem poles, a type of Northwest Coast art. Northwest Coast art is the term commonly applied to a style of art created primarily by artists from Tlingit, Haida, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth and other First Nations and Native American tribes of the Northwest Coast of North America, from pre-European-contact times up to the present.
The movement's early participants, and its defining artists, have become known as "the big four": Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves and Mark Tobey.Their work became recognized nationally from LIFE magazine's 1953 article Mystic Painters of the Northwest, [1] which featured biographies and works of the four artists.
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.
Artists who were born in, have lived in, have worked in or been involved with the Pacific Northwest. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
He has been called "Perhaps the most powerful artist to emerge from the Northwest School". [1] Anderson's mature work often draws from a set of symbols (circle, spiral, egg, seed, wave) he developed from the study of religious, mythical, and philosophical sources. [1] The symbols are frequently combined with the human figure.
2014 - Seattle Art Museum, Modernism in the Pacific Northwest: The Mythic and the Mystical. [1] 2017 - Woodside Braseth Gallery, Important Paintings & Drawings by Northwest Master Morris Graves (1910-2001) Pendant of The Mystic Sons of Morris Graves, group formed in 1991 by artist Charles Krafft and Larry Reid to honor Graves' work and spirit. [13]
Totem poles and houses at ʼKsan, near Hazelton, British Columbia.. Totem poles serve as important illustrations of family lineage and the cultural heritage of the Indigenous peoples in the islands and coastal areas of North America's Pacific Northwest, especially British Columbia, Canada, and coastal areas of Washington and southeastern Alaska in the United States.
Richard Charles Gilkey (December 20, 1925 – October 3, 1997) was an American painter, often associated with the 'Northwest School' of artists. During his long career he became one of the most acclaimed painters in the Pacific Northwest, with an original and highly distinctive style.