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Morris Graves
Morris Graves
Morris Graves

Morris Graves

born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
BiographyMorris Graves was born in Fox Valley, Oregon; his family moved to Seattle in 1911. As a teenager, he sailed to Asia which had a major impact on his personal aesthetic. He spent much of his professional life in Seattle and La Conner, Washington, sharing a studio for awhile with Guy Anderson. His first one-man exhibition was in 1936 at the Seattle Art Museum.He also worked for the WPA in 1939. In 1942, his paintings were part of the New York Museum of Modern Art's "Americas 1942" exhibit, bringing Graves national recognition. In September 1954, Life Magazine did an article on "The Mystic Painters of the Northwest," featuring Graves, and including Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, and Mark Tobey--the artists who came to be known as the Northwest School. From 1954 through 1964, Graves lived in Ireland and sculpted. In later years Graves moved to Loleta, California.


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  • Loleta
Mark Tobey
born Centerville, Wisconsin, 1890; died Basel, Switzerland, 1976
John Franklin Koenig
born Seattle, Washington, 1924; died Seattle, Washington, 2008
Joseph Goldberg
born Seattle, Washington, 1947; died Spokane, Washington, 2017
William Cumming
born Kalispell, Montana, 1917; died Seattle, Washington, 2010
Fay Chong
born Guangzhou, China, 1912; died Seattle, Washington, 1973
George Tsutakawa
born Seattle, Washington, 1910; died Seattle, Washington, 1997
Guy Anderson
born Edmonds, Washington, 1906; died La Conner, Washington, 1998
Frederick N. Anderson
born Hunters, Washington 1917; died Seattle, Washington, 1991
Ella McBride
born Albia, Iowa, 1862; died Seattle, Washington, 1965
Kenneth Callahan
born Spokane, Washington, 1905; died Seattle, Washington, 1986