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Perry Acker BIOGRAPHY
1903 Oak Rapids, Michigan - 1989 Seattle, Washington. Known for: Landscape painting, teaching, lithography.
Following is the Seattle Times obituary, January 3, 1990. Art World Mourns Perry Acker. By Deloris Tarzan Ament. Perry Acker, a popular painter of the Northwest landscape, and a much-loved teacher of... Read full biography
Following is the Seattle Times obituary, January 3, 1990. Art World Mourns Perry Acker. By Deloris Tarzan Ament. Perry Acker, a popular painter of the Northwest landscape, and a much-loved teacher of watercolor painting, died Dec. 30 in Overlake Hospital. He was 86. Acker succumbed to congestive... Read full biography
Following is the Seattle Times obituary, January 3, 1990. Art World Mourns Perry Acker. By Deloris Tarzan Ament. Perry Acker, a popular painter of the Northwest landscape, and a much-loved teacher of watercolor painting, died Dec. 30 in Overlake Hospital. He was 86. Acker succumbed to congestive heart failure following bypass surgery. He was born April 6, 1903, in Oak Rapids, Mich. In 1907, Acker's family moved to Centralia, where he lived until 1928, when he moved to Aberdeen. He came to... Read full biography
Following is the Seattle Times obituary, January 3, 1990. Art World Mourns Perry Acker. By Deloris Tarzan Ament. Perry Acker, a popular painter of the Northwest landscape, and a much-loved teacher of watercolor painting, died Dec. 30 in Overlake Hospital. He was 86. Acker succumbed to congestive heart failure following bypass surgery. He was born April 6, 1903, in Oak Rapids, Mich. In 1907, Acker's family moved to Centralia, where he lived until 1928, when he moved to Aberdeen. He came to Seattle in 1945, and for 15 years owned and managed the American Printing and Lithographic Co. Acker did not turn seriously to art until he was 47. His skill with watercolors made his paintings much in demand. His work was exhibited at the Metropolitan... Read full biography
Following is the Seattle Times obituary, January 3, 1990. Art World Mourns Perry Acker. By Deloris Tarzan Ament. Perry Acker, a popular painter of the Northwest landscape, and a much-loved teacher of watercolor painting, died Dec. 30 in Overlake Hospital. He was 86. Acker succumbed to congestive heart failure following bypass surgery. He was born April 6, 1903, in Oak Rapids, Mich. In 1907, Acker's family moved to Centralia, where he lived until 1928, when he moved to Aberdeen. He came to Seattle in 1945, and for 15 years owned and managed the American Printing and Lithographic Co. Acker did not turn seriously to art until he was 47. His skill with watercolors made his paintings much in demand. His work was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Academy Galleries, both in New York, at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, a... Read full biography
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Following is the Seattle Times obituary, January 3, 1990
Art World Mourns Perry Acker
By Deloris Tarzan Ament
Perry Acker, a popular painter of the Northwest landscape, and a much-loved teacher of watercolor painting, died Dec. 30 in Overlake Hospital. He was 86. Acker succumbed to congestive heart failure following bypass surgery.
He was born April 6, 1903, in Oak Rapids, Mich. In 1907, Acker's family moved to Centralia, where he lived until 1928, when he moved to Aberdeen. He came to Seattle in 1945, and for 15 years owned and managed the American Printing and Lithographic Co.
Acker did not turn seriously to art until he was 47. His skill with watercolors made his paintings much in demand.
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