Jacob Elshin
Jacob Alexander Elshin (1892-1976) was a Russian American artist. Born in 1892 in Saint Petersburg, Russia,[1] he served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army, and may have been a student at the St. Petersburg Academy. He arrived in Seattle in 1923 where he was described as a "straight pictorialist".[2] His art was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, where he worked with Mark Tobey, Helmi Juvonen, and others.[3] He also provided services to the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture.[4] Elshin socialized with other artists at the Chinese Art Club.[5] He died in Seattle in 1976.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Wall text in "No Longer Forgotten: Uncovering the Stories of WPA Artists in the Northwest", Tacoma Art Museum, 2020
- ^ Cumming 1984, p. 159.
- ^ Wehr 2000, p. 285.
- ^ "Jacob Elshin mural is discovered at West Seattle High School in May 2000". Essay 3441. HistoryLink.org. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ Chang, Johnson & Karlstrom 2008, p. 68.
- Bibliography
- Chang, Gordon H.; Johnson, Mark Dean; Karlstrom, Paul J.; Spain, Sharon (2008). Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-5752-2.
- Cumming, William (1984). Sketchbook: A Memoir of the 1930s and the Northwest School. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98560-2.
- Wehr, Wesley (2000). The Eighth Lively Art: Conversations with Painters, Poets, Musicians & the Wicked Witch of the West. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-97956-4.
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- 1892 births
- 1976 deaths
- Painters from Washington (state)
- Artists from Seattle
- Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
- Section of Painting and Sculpture artists
- 20th-century American painters
- American male painters
- American muralists
- Federal Art Project artists
- American painter, 19th-century birth stubs