Jacob Elshin

Jacob Alexander Elshin (1892-1976) was a Russian American artist. Born in Russia, he served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army, and may have been a student at the St. Petersburg Academy. He arrived in Seattle in 1923 where he was described as a "straight pictorialist".^[1] His art was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, where he worked with Mark Tobey, Helmi Juvonen, and others.^[2] He also provided services to the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture.^[3] Elshin socialized with other artists at the Chinese Art Club.^[4]

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• Chang, Gordon H.; Johnson, Mark Dean; Karlstrom, Paul J.; Spain, Sharon (2008). Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-5752-2. 
• Cumming, William (1984). Sketchbook: A Memoir of the 1930s and the Northwest School. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98560-2. 
• Wehr, Wesley (2000). The Eighth Lively Art: Conversations with Painters, Poets, Musicians & the Wicked Witch of the West. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-97956-4.