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Morris Graves

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Morris Gravesborn Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001

Morris 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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Autumn Still Life
Morris Graves
1952
Baboon
Morris Graves
late 1930s
Bird
Morris Graves
1944
Bird and Mist
Morris Graves
1945
Bird on a Limb
Morris Graves
1935-1950
Bird Study I
Morris Graves
1943
Bird Study II
Morris Graves
1943
Ferret
Morris Graves
1954
Hibernation
Morris Graves
1954
Mandala
Morris Graves
20th century
Mountain Forest Seedlings
Morris Graves
1957
Puzzle above the World
Morris Graves
circa 1930s- 1950s
Ritual Vessel
Morris Graves
1947
Small Songbird on a Limb
Morris Graves
1935-1950
Star of the Mandala
Morris Graves
1970
Untitled
Morris Graves
circa 1935
Untitled (baboon)
Morris Graves
late 1930s
Walking Bird
Morris Graves
1943
Wounded Gull
Albert Urban
1943, published 1947