Brothers born in Washington in the 1890s, Albert and Arthur Runquist spent much of their lives chronicling the people and landscapes of the Oregon coast. Their work reveals an intimate familiarity... Read full biography
Brothers born in Washington in the 1890s, Albert and Arthur Runquist spent much of their lives chronicling the people and landscapes of the Oregon coast. Their work reveals an intimate familiarity with the people and places they painted, providing unique insights into the roots of regional painting... Read full biography
Brothers born in Washington in the 1890s, Albert and Arthur Runquist spent much of their lives chronicling the people and landscapes of the Oregon coast. Their work reveals an intimate familiarity with the people and places they painted, providing unique insights into the roots of regional painting in the Northwest. Their imagery ranges from laboring and domestic life and simple landscape studies to more abstracted examinations of the natural world. The Runquist brothers, born three years... Read full biography
Brothers born in Washington in the 1890s, Albert and Arthur Runquist spent much of their lives chronicling the people and landscapes of the Oregon coast. Their work reveals an intimate familiarity with the people and places they painted, providing unique insights into the roots of regional painting in the Northwest. Their imagery ranges from laboring and domestic life and simple landscape studies to more abstracted examinations of the natural world. The Runquist brothers, born three years apart, attended the University of Oregon, and spent time at the Art Students’ League in New York during the 1920s. During the depression, each artist painted W.P.A. murals at sites including a Washington State Post Office and the University of Oregon... Read full biography
Brothers born in Washington in the 1890s, Albert and Arthur Runquist spent much of their lives chronicling the people and landscapes of the Oregon coast. Their work reveals an intimate familiarity with the people and places they painted, providing unique insights into the roots of regional painting in the Northwest. Their imagery ranges from laboring and domestic life and simple landscape studies to more abstracted examinations of the natural world. The Runquist brothers, born three years apart, attended the University of Oregon, and spent time at the Art Students’ League in New York during the 1920s. During the depression, each artist painted W.P.A. murals at sites including a Washington State Post Office and the University of Oregon Library. For nearly two decades, they lived and painted on the Oregon Coast at Neakahnie. Arthur and Albert shared a uniquely similar style in... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Oregon Painters The First 100 Years:1859-1959
1999
Allen, Ginny & Jody Klevit
251 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Art of the Pacific Northwest From the 1930s to the Present (Exhibition catalog)