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Guy Irving Anderson

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Guy Irving Anderson (1906 - 1998) was active/lived in Washington.  Guy Anderson is known for Abstract expressionist and male nude figure painting, assemblages, teaching.

Guy Anderson (November 20, 1906-1998), born in Edmonds, Washington, was an American Abstract Expressionismist* painter. Along with Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, William Cumming, and Mark Tobey, Anderson was identified in a Life magazine article as one of the "northwest mystics," also known as the Northwest School.

Anderson grew up in a semi-rural setting north from Seattle, and some of his early paintings portrayed his family home. A piano was an important presence in that house. As a child he used to commute to the Seattle Public Library by bus to study their art books.

In 1929, he won a Tiffany Foundation scholarship* and spent the summer studying at the Tiffany estate on Long Island, New York. That year he also met the painter Morris Graves, and they became lifelong friends. At one time these two traveled together to California, and they also spent time painting up near Monte Cristo in the North Cascades. In 1939, Anderson taught at the Spokane Art Center as   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5513 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Guy Irving Anderson available:    Richard Gilkey,  George Tsutakawa,  Kenneth Callahan,  Leo Kenney,  Paul Horiuchi,  William Cumming,  Neil Meitzler,  Helmi Juvonen,  ZZ Wei,  James W Washington Jr,  William Ivey,  Robert Sperry,  Philip McCracken,  Morris Graves,  Ambrose McCarthy Patterson,  Paul Havas,  Windsor Utley,  Wendell Brazeau,  Jay (John Jay) Steensma,  Elizabeth Warhanik,  Carl Morris,  Rosalyn Gale Powell,  Paul Immel,  Alden C Mason



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Facts about Guy Irving Anderson

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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Guy Irving Anderson
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art & Antiques Seattle Modern September 2004 Albert, Fred Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions March 1997 Editors, Art in America Yes
23 Book References for Guy Irving Anderson
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Conkelton, Sherry, Laura Landau, Janeanne A. Upp Northwest Mythologies: The interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson 176 Yes
2002 Ament, Deloris Tarzan Iridescent Light: The Emergence of Northwest Art 388 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1995 Allan, Lois Contemporary Art in the Northwest 231 Yes
1994 Parsons School of Design Still Working Underknown Artists of Age in America
(Exhibition catalog)		 208 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1992 Hough, Katherine Transforming the Western Image in 20th Century American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 111 Yes
1988 Clarke, David J The Influence of Oriental Thought on Postwar American Painting and Sculpture 410 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1986 Guenther, Bruce Guy Anderson
(Exhibition catalog)		 117 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1984 Cumming, William Sketchbook, A Memoir of the 30's and the Northwest School 239 No
1983 Guenther, Bruce Fifty Northwest Artists (photos of artists by Marsha Burns) 118 Yes
1978 Cowles, Charles (others) Northwest Traditions
(Exhibition catalog)		 105 Yes
1977 Seattle Art Museum Guy Anderson
(Exhibition catalog)		 35 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1974 National Collection/Fine Arts Art of the Pacific Northwest From the 1930s to the Present
(Exhibition catalog)		 141 No
1965 Robbins, Tom Guy Anderson 46 No
1962 Rogers, Millard Northwest Art Today Adventures in Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 106 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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