Alden Mason

Alden Mason graduated from the University of Washington in 1947 with his Masters in Fine Art and joined the School of Art faculty later the same year, teaching until his retirement in 1981. Mason taught generations of art students, notably Chuck Close (born 1940) who in turn introduced Mason to the New York art world. His works have been shown in over 100 exhibitions and can be found in museum collections including the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Milwaukee Art Museum and many private and corporate collections.

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Alden Mason has worked with a variety of mediums moving from oil to acrylic then into watercolor and oil stick. His images have followed a trajectory from abstract to figurative and back again. He has cited artists such as Arshile Gorky (ca. 1902-1948) and Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) as influences.