Seattle Public Sculptors: Twelve Makers of Monuments, Memorials and Statuary, 1909-1962

by Fred F. Poyner IV

Overview

From Seattle's earliest days as a Gold Rush boomtown to its celebration of the future during the 1962 World's Fair, local artists have created public art installations--statuary, reliefs and other sculpture--that have become familiar features of the city's landscape. This comprehensive study of 12 Seattle sculptors and their works examines the motivations of the artists and their benefactors, the development of the city's public art policy, and the political forces behind the pieces that are now part of the city's rich history. Biographical details and historical perspective are provided for such artists as Lorado Taft, Alice Robertson Carr, John Carl Ely, Max P. Nielsen, August Werner and James FitzGerald.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476628660
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	04/24/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Fred F. Poyner IV is an art historian and serves as the collections manager of the Nordic Heritage Museum where he oversees the curation and management of the permanent collection as an integral part of a new museum scheduled to open in 2018. He lives in Issaquah, Washington.
Fred F. Poyner IV is an art historian and serves as the collections manager of the Nordic Heritage Museum where he oversees the curation and management of the permanent collection as an integral part of a new museum scheduled to open in 2018. He lives in Issaquah, Washington.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
 1. Lorado Taft (1860–1936)
 2. Richard E. Brooks (1865–1919)
 3. Finn Haakon Frolich (1868–1947)
 4. Max P. Nielsen (1864–1917)
 5. James A. Wehn (1882–1973)
 6. Allen George Newman (1875–1940)
 7. Herman Atkins MacNeil (1866–1947)
 8. Alonzo Victor Lewis (1886–1946)
 9. John Carl Ely (1897–1929)
10. Alice Robertson Carr (de Creeft) (1899–1996)
11. James FitzGerald (1910–1973)
12. August H. Werner (1893–1980)
Abbreviations
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

written with clarity and considerable detail”—Seattle Times.

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