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1891 South Bend, Washington - 1971. Known for: Collaborative painting, figures, landscape, regional WPA artwork.
Arthur & Albert C. Runquist. Brothers born in Washington in the 1890s, they spent much of their lives chronicling the people and landscapes of the Oregon coast. Their work reveals an intimate... Read full biography
Arthur & Albert C. Runquist. Brothers born in Washington in the 1890s, they 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... Read full biography
Arthur & Albert C. Runquist. Brothers born in Washington in the 1890s, they 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... Read full biography
Arthur & Albert C. Runquist. Brothers born in Washington in the 1890s, they 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... Read full biography
Arthur & Albert C. Runquist. Brothers born in Washington in the 1890s, they 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... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Post Office Mural Painter, WPA Treasury Relief Art Project
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940
- •New York World's Fair, 1939-1940