Fred Machetanz

Fred Machetanz

Fred Machetanz (1908 – October 6 2002) was an Alaskan painter who first came to the territory in 1935, when he traveled to Unalakleet to visit his uncle, Charles Traeger, who ran a trading post there. He returned in 1942 with the U.S. Navy to the Aleutian Islands during World War II, and returned to Unalakleet after the war was over, in 1946. He married Sara Dunn, a writer, in 1947, and the two settled near Palmer in 1951. They had a son, Traeger, in 1959.

Machetanz used a transparent oil glazing technique starting with an ultramarine blue base, and building up layers from there. This gave his works a cool, luminous quality. He was a strong colorist.

He was named Alaskan of the Year in 1977, and American Artist of the Year in 1981 by American Artist magazine.

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