biography of James W. WASHINGTON (1909-2000)

Birth place: Gloster, MS

Addresses: Seattle, WA

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Nat. Landscape Int.; Mark Tobey.

Exhibited: Tanner Art Lg., 1922; SAM, 1945; Henry Gallery, Seattle, 1950, 1951; Oakland Munic. Art Mus., 1957 (award for Bird Hatching); Third Pacific Coast Biennial, Santa Barbara (CA) Mus. Art, 1959; Williard Gal., NYC, 1960-64; Northwest Today, Seattle World's Fair, 1962 (award for Wounded Bird); Grosvenor Gallery Int. Exh., London, England, 1964; Expo '70, Osaka, Japan, 1970. Awards: govt. sculpture award, 1970.

Member: Int. Platform Assn.; Artists Equity Assoc., Seattle (secy., 1949-53; pres., 1960-62)

Work: SAM; SFMA; Oakland Mus. Commissions: The Creation (series 4), YWCA, Seattle, 1966; The Creation (series 6), Seattle Pub. Lib., 1967; The Creation (series 7-10), Seattle First Nat. Bank Main Branch, 1968; busts of hist. men, Progress Plaza, Phila., 1969; The Creation (series 5), Meany Jr. H.S., Seattle, 1970.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, tempera, pastels, granite, marble. Positions: member, govt. council art, State of Wash., 1959-60 & state art commissioner, 1961-66.

Sources: WW73; Ann Faber, James Washington's Stone Sculpture Excellence," Seattle Post Intelligence, 1956; Pauline Johnson, "James Washington Speaks," Art Educ. Journal (1968); Cederholm, Afro-American Artists.