Morris Graves, Hibernation, 1954, mixed media on paper, 33” x 42”
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Guy Anderson, White Sea for Icarus, 1963, oil on canvas, 30" x 80"
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Morris Graves, Little Bird (Perplexed with an Idea), 1953, tempera & watercolor on paper, 21" x 32"
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Morris Graves, Poverty Bouquet, 1976, mixed media on paper, 21” x 17”
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Guy Anderson, Dark & Light of Seeding II, 1969, oil on paper on board, 36” x 47”
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Morris Graves, Chalices, 1942, tempera on paper laid to board, 31" x 39"
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Morris Graves, The Cliff, 1944, tempera on board, 53.5” x 27.5”
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Morris Graves, Masking Bird, 1953, tempera & charcoal on Japon paper, 27" x 36"
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Kenneth Callahan, Calligraphy of Nature, 1980, acrylic on board, 45" x 66"
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Kenneth Callahan, Embarkation, oil on canvas, 1959/60, 39" x 53"
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Mark Tobey, Glowing Fall, 1975, serigraph, 27/100, 31" x 23"
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Morris Graves, Spirit Bird, 1953, tempera & gold on paper, 21" x 24"
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Mark Tobey, Public Market, Shopper, 1941, watercolor on paper, 15" x 12"
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Morris Graves, Flowering Greenhouse Plant, 1964, tempera on paper, 27" x 23"
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Guy Anderson, Figure with Beach Forms, 1968, mixed media on paper, 27" x 34"
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Morris Graves, Masking Bird, 1953, mixed media on paper, 32" x 49"
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Mark Tobey, Forest Reflection, 1960, tempera on paper, 33” x 24”
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Morris Graves, Spirit Bird (Wagging Tail), 1952, tempera & graphite on handmade paper, 22" x 27"
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Kenneth Callahan, Self-Portrait, 1952, oil on masonite, 19" X 27"
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Morris Graves, Bumblebee Rhododendron, 1990, gouache on Chinese paper, 31” x 26”
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Mark Tobey, Standing Figure, Pike Place Market, 1941, watercolor on paper, 18" x 14"
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Guy Anderson, Male Torso, 1980, bronze sculpture, 9" x 4.5"
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Mark Tobey, Shopping, Pike Street Market Series, 1941, watercolor on paper, 18” x 14”
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Mark Tobey, October, 1974, lithograph on paper ed. 134/200, 27" x 30"
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Morris Graves, Loon on a Delta, 1953, charcoal with white highlight on paper, 31" x 48"
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Kenneth Callahan, Rider at Dawn, 1952, tempera on board, 12" x 12"
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Guy Anderson, Man & Wife, Floating Over Forms, 1977, oil on paper, 40" x 95"
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Guy Anderson, In the Beginning, c.1970, oil on paper on board, 50" x 40"
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Kenneth Callahan, Universal Voyage Series, 1960, mixed media on board, 18" x 31"
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Kenneth Callahan, Autumn Storm, c. 1972, tempera on board, 29" x 36"
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Mark Tobey, Abstract Self-Portrait, 1968, mixed media on paper, 23” x 19”
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Mark Tobey, Market Philosopher, 1939, tempera on paper, 16" x 13"
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Morris Graves, Hibernation, 1954, mixed media on paper, 33” x 42”
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Guy Anderson, White Sea for Icarus, 1963, oil on canvas, 30" x 80"
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Morris Graves, Little Bird (Perplexed with an Idea), 1953, tempera & watercolor on paper, 21" x 32"
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Morris Graves, Poverty Bouquet, 1976, mixed media on paper, 21” x 17”
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Guy Anderson, Dark & Light of Seeding II, 1969, oil on paper on board, 36” x 47”
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Morris Graves, Chalices, 1942, tempera on paper laid to board, 31" x 39"
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Morris Graves, The Cliff, 1944, tempera on board, 53.5” x 27.5”
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Morris Graves, Masking Bird, 1953, tempera & charcoal on Japon paper, 27" x 36"
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Kenneth Callahan, Calligraphy of Nature, 1980, acrylic on board, 45" x 66"
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Kenneth Callahan, Embarkation, oil on canvas, 1959/60, 39" x 53"
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Mark Tobey, Glowing Fall, 1975, serigraph, 27/100, 31" x 23"
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Morris Graves, Spirit Bird, 1953, tempera & gold on paper, 21" x 24"
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Mark Tobey, Public Market, Shopper, 1941, watercolor on paper, 15" x 12"
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Morris Graves, Flowering Greenhouse Plant, 1964, tempera on paper, 27" x 23"
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Guy Anderson, Figure with Beach Forms, 1968, mixed media on paper, 27" x 34"
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Morris Graves, Masking Bird, 1953, mixed media on paper, 32" x 49"
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Mark Tobey, Forest Reflection, 1960, tempera on paper, 33” x 24”
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Morris Graves, Spirit Bird (Wagging Tail), 1952, tempera & graphite on handmade paper, 22" x 27"
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Kenneth Callahan, Self-Portrait, 1952, oil on masonite, 19" X 27"
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Morris Graves, Bumblebee Rhododendron, 1990, gouache on Chinese paper, 31” x 26”
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Mark Tobey, Standing Figure, Pike Place Market, 1941, watercolor on paper, 18" x 14"
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Guy Anderson, Male Torso, 1980, bronze sculpture, 9" x 4.5"
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Mark Tobey, Shopping, Pike Street Market Series, 1941, watercolor on paper, 18” x 14”
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Mark Tobey, October, 1974, lithograph on paper ed. 134/200, 27" x 30"
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Morris Graves, Loon on a Delta, 1953, charcoal with white highlight on paper, 31" x 48"
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Kenneth Callahan, Rider at Dawn, 1952, tempera on board, 12" x 12"
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Guy Anderson, Man & Wife, Floating Over Forms, 1977, oil on paper, 40" x 95"
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Guy Anderson, In the Beginning, c.1970, oil on paper on board, 50" x 40"
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Kenneth Callahan, Universal Voyage Series, 1960, mixed media on board, 18" x 31"
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Kenneth Callahan, Autumn Storm, c. 1972, tempera on board, 29" x 36"
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Mark Tobey, Abstract Self-Portrait, 1968, mixed media on paper, 23” x 19”
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Mark Tobey, Market Philosopher, 1939, tempera on paper, 16" x 13"
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About the Exhibition
Reception
Thursday, November 7, 2024, 5:30 - 8pm
Showing
October 26, 2024 - November 30, 2024
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Paying homage to the “Golden Era of Northwest Art” by the “Big Four” or the “Northwest Mystics”, Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan & Guy Anderson at the Woodside Braseth Gallery.
Their artwork became recognized nationally when LIFE magazine published a 1953 feature article on them. It was the first such broad recognition of artists from this corner of the world beyond traditional Northwest Native American art forms, which had been long recognized as, “Northwest Art”.
These artists combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style, particularly in painting and sculpture, with some drawing, printmaking and photography. Tobey, Callahan, Graves and Anderson were all immersed in and greatly influenced by the atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest’s environment.
Seattle was a common locale, which they all shared at points in their lives, and some of them were closely associated for a time with the Seattle Art Museum in Volunteer Park. Over time, the influence of the natural setting of Western Washington, especially the flat lands, meandering river channels, and wide-open skies of the Skagit Valley, became a unifying aspect of their art.
There are so many interesting and rare to the market artworks in this exhibition we hope you will take the opportunity to come see this iconic group of artists’ works on view at the Woodside Braseth Gallery.