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Arthur Runquist
Arthur Runquist
Arthur Runquist

Arthur Runquist

born South Bend, Washington, 1891; died Portland, Oregon, 1971
BiographyArthur Runquist studied at the University of Oregon, Art Students League (New York), and the Museum Art School at Portland Art Museum. In 1939 he exhibited at the New York World’s Fair and at the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco. In the late 1930s and early 1940s Runquist worked for the Oregon WPA Art Projects creating both easel paintings and murals for the library at the University of Oregon and Pendleton High School. During WWII he worked in the Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver and during breaks painted the laborers garnering a reputation for works that included social commentary. After the war, he continued his interest in modernist figuration and also painted a number of images of the Oregon coast where he lived with his brother, Albert.
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  • South Bend
  • Portland
Albert C. Runquist
born Aberdeen, Washington 1894; died Portland, Oregon, 1971
Thelma Johnson Streat
born Yakima, Washington, 1911; died Los Angeles, California, 1959
Raphael Soyer
born Borisoglebsk, Russia, 1899; died New York, New York, 1987
born La Crosse, Washington, 1918; died Pendleton, Oregon, 1985
David McCosh
born Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1903; died Eugene, Oregon, 1981
Charles Heaney
born Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, 1897; died Portland, Oregon, 1981
Carl Morris
born Yorba Linda, California, 1911; died Portland, Oregon, 1993
Maude Kerns
born Portland, Oregon, 1876; died Eugene, Oregon, 1965
Clark K. Kinsey
born Grant Township, Missouri, 1877; died Seattle, Washington, 1956
Adelaide Hanscom
born Empire City, Oregon, 1876; died Pasadena, California, 1931