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Kenneth Callahan (1905–1986) was an American painter and muralist who served as a catalyst for Northwest artists in the mid-20th century through his own painting, his work as assistant director and curator at the Seattle Art Museum, and his writings about contemporary art.
Kenneth Callahan’s (1905-1986) paintings are imbued with expressive energy. With vigorous, broad brushwork and clever manipulation of an object’s scale and exaggerated perspective, he shows us scenes in the Cascade Mountains that capture the sheer power of the landscape.
Kenneth Callahan (1905–1986) was an American painter and muralist who served as a catalyst for Northwest artists in the mid-20th century through his own painting, his work as assistant director and curator at the Seattle Art Museum, and his writings about contemporary art.
1939. Kenneth Callahan. American, born 1905, Spokane, Washington; died 1986, Seattle, Washington. Following a tragedy in the workplace, two men appear stranded in a rocky landscape, a poignant evocation of the industries, such as logging and mining, that dominated the lives of working-class families in the West during the Great Depression.
Showing. March 29, 2023 - May 25, 2023. Visit Us. On view is an important and highly curated survey of artworks by the Northwest Master, Kenneth Callahan (1905-1986). “What interests me is interrelationship of man and nature in one sense- the rhythm of the wind and the wind currents and the patterns in the sand and the rhythm in the waves and ...
Callahan was a somewhat controversial figure within the arts community, with some artists seeing conflict of interest in his positions as artist, curator, and critic. In 1953 he ceased working at SAM.
