Guy Anderson

Guy Anderson born in Edmonds, Washington, (November 20, 1906-1998) was an American Abstract Expressionism painter. Along with Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, William Cumming, and Mark Tobey, they founded the Northwest School.

Early life

As a child he used to commute to the Seattle Public Library by bus to study their art books.

Career

In 1929, he won a Tiffany Foundation scholarship and spent the summer studying at the Tiffany estate on Long Island, New York. That year he also met the painter Morris Graves and they became lifelong friends. In 1939, Anderson taught at the Spokane Art Center as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) a Federal Art Project during and after the Great Depression.

In 1975, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

References

* Conkelton, Sheryl, "What It Meant to be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle 1999

* Conkelton, Sheryl, and Landau, Laura, "Northwest Mythologies: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson", Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA; University of Washington Press, Seattle and London 2003

* Kingsbury, Martha, "Art of the Thirties: The Pacific Northwest", University of Washington Press for Henry Art Gallery, Seattle and London 1972

* Wolff, Theodore F., "Morris Graves: The Early Works", Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WA 1998

External links

* [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=115T9YM665485.30696&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!212554~!0&ri=4&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=spokane+guy&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=4 Smithsonian Institute] Guy Anderson interviews, 1983 Feb. 1 - Feb. 8