Kenneth Callahan
American, 1905 - 1986
(not assigned)Seattle, Washington, USA
SchoolNon-objective art
BiographyCallahan was a man of diverse talents. First and foremost an artist, he also wrote articles about art for newspapers and periodicals and was visiting professor and artist-in-residence at several universities. For twenty years, 1933 to 1953, he was associated with the Seattle Art Museum as Curator and Assistant Director. In 1954, he was granted a Guggenheim Fellowship.Born in Spokane, Washington, in 1905, Callahan was a close associate of Tobey, Graves, and Anderson. Callahan worked primarily in oils, but also in tempera and ink. (Source: Sonia Kazanjian, The Museum of Northwest Art website,
Person TypeIndividual
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