06/20/2026

A Player on the National & International Stage : Seattle’s Woodside/Braseth Celebrates 65 years

John Braseth, owner of Seattle’s Woodside/Braseth Gallery, poses for a portrait with the back of Morris Graves’ 1936 oil-on-canvas “Colt” painting at the gallery on June 2. (Ivy Ceballo / The Seattle Times

“Celebrating its 65th anniversary this year, Woodside/Braseth Gallery is highly respected as the oldest commercial art gallery in Seattle, representing the “old masters” of the Pacific Northwest — painters like Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Guy Anderson and Kenneth Callahan. In a beautiful, light-filled space near Seattle’s waterfront promenade, exceptional works of art are sold to well-heeled collectors…”   by Gayle Clemans – Special to The Seattle Times