"Halibut Fishing"
New Deal Agencies: Treasury Section of Fine Arts
Completed: 1940
Artists: Kenneth Callahan
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Description
Under the Treasury Section of Fine Art, “Seattle artist and museum curator Kenneth Callahan completed ‘Halibut Fishing’ in 1940. The mural provoked some outcry from the local community, who didn’t entirely agree with Callahan’s depictions of fishing.
“Callahan, one of the founders of the Northwest School (a Pacific Northwest art movements) served as a curator at the Seattle Art Museum between 1933-1963.”
(http://depts.washington.edu)
Source notes
http://depts.washington.edu/depress/map_post_offices.shtml http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/545083769/in/photostream/ http://www.wpamurals.com/Anacorte.htm
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