Kenneth Callahan

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Four panels by Callahan, originally in Seattle's Marine Hospital (now Pacific Medical Center), now in Museum of History and Industry, Seattle.
Four panels by Callahan, originally in Seattle's Marine Hospital (now Pacific Medical Center), now in Museum of History and Industry, Seattle.

Kenneth Callahan (1905 in Spokane, Washington–1986 in Seattle, Washington) was a noted 20th century Abstract Expressionism painter, art critic[1] curator, and a founder of the Northwest School.

Callahan grew up in Montana before attending high school in Seattle. He attended University of Washington but did not graduate.[2] He cared for his younger brother during this time, worked as a longshoreman, and travelled extensively through Europe, Latin America, and the United States.[3]

Largely self taught, Callahan founded the Northwest School, along with Guy Anderson, Morris Graves, and Mark Tobey.

Callahan was the curator of the Seattle Art Museum for twenty years from 1933 - 1953. He was married to Margaret Bundy.[3]

[edit] Awards and recognition

  • 1954, Guggenheim Fellowship
  • 1933, first Whitney Biennial Exposition

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kenneth Callahan. Foster White Gallery. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  2. ^ Kenneth Callahan. cs.washington.edu. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  3. ^ a b Interview with Dorothy Malone, Conducted by Suzanne Ragen, At the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, Washington, January 27, 1983. Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  • 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
  • Orton, Thomas, and Watkinson, Patricia Grieve, Kenneth Callahan, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA; University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 2000

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