Wayne Albee
born Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1882; died San Diego, California, 1937
In addition to his role as chief photographer for McBride’s studio, Albee became one of the Northwest’s leading pictorialist photographers. Pictorialism was an artistic movement that started in the late 19th century dedicated to exploring the painterly qualities of photography. Albee exhibited his work in national and international pictorialist photography salons and won numerous awards. He also was a leading supporter of the short-lived but influential Seattle Camera Club in the mid to late 1920s. Albee was particularly known for his portraits of modern dancers including Anna Pavlova, Ted Shawn, and Ruth St. Denis who he came to know through the McBride Studio’s connection to the Cornish School of Allied Arts (now Cornish College of the Arts), Seattle.
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- Saint Paul
- San Diego
born Albia, Iowa, 1862; died Seattle, Washington, 1965
born Empire City, Oregon, 1876; died Pasadena, California, 1931
born Whitewater, Wisconsin, 1868; died Los Angeles, California, 1952
born Agenosho, Japan, 1878; died Seattle, Washington, 1960
born Aurora, Illinois, 1899; died Tacoma, Washington, 1974
born Middletown, Connecticut, 1843; died Boise, Idaho, 1917
born Portland, Oregon, 1883; died San Francisco, California, 1976
born Grant Township, Missouri, 1877; died Seattle, Washington, 1956
born Teaneck, New Jersey, 1929; died Seattle, Washington, 2019