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Retired & Away Alaska
Who They Were, What They
Did
&
Sample Work
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Artists,
Artisans, Showrooms, Studios, Galleries, Murals |
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Retired AK Artists
- Time to pursue bypassed avenues... |
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Seward |
Benson, Armeda |
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Painter: Watercolors |
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Juneau |
Brown, Nancy |
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Pencils/Pastels/Graphite
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Juneau-D City Museum,
Community
Gallery |
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Eagle
River |
Caraway, Norris |
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Painter
Oils/Acrylics - Pictures/Gold Pans |
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Juneau |
Detjen, Charlie |
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Pysanky Eggs |
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Juneau |
Dey, Don |
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Carver/Toolmaker/Sculptor in Eyak/Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian
Styles |
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Juneau |
Hermle, John (Jack) |
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Local Pictures Juneau |
Juneau
Artist's Gallery |
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Outside |
Johnson, C. Alan |
Sample Work |
Porcelain AK
Figurines, watercolor paintings/ bronze
sculpture
AK Guide,
Keller's
Trade |
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Soldotna |
Massey, Jim |
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Carver: Wood - Bas Relief |
Starbird
Studio |
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Anchorage |
McDaniel, Scott |
Sample Work |
Painter: Oils
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Aurora Fine Arts Gallery |
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Petersburg |
Payne, Susan |
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Painter: Multi Media |
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Pearson, Sven |
Sven P |
Native Design Prints |
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Douglas |
Ridgway, Heather |
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MultiMedia, Scenic Designs |
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Anchorage |
Robbins, Mike |
Mike R |
Stage: He'll do a few shows a year
but not a full schedule - Professional Magician |
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Anchorage |
Shavings, Henry |
Family Site |
Cup'ik
Carver - Masks |
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Anchorage |
Shavings,
Hilmar |
Family Site |
Music/Stitch/Weave - Cup'ik grass
baskets, clothes/gut rain coats,
Accordion/Singer |
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Seward |
Sundeen, Vickey |
V. Lester |
Acrylics on Wood
- shop: Wanderlust Gifts (closed now)
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Juneau |
Wright, Paula |
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Oils
on paper/metals/wood |
Juneau
Artist's Gallery |
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the online Auction Houses for works from the Retired &
Away Artists listings |
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A |
Abbot, Charles Sr.
K'ei xoots ki' |
Sample Work
| Carver - rattle
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SeaAlaska Heritage,
Raven's
Journey
(1930 - 2006) |
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Adkins, Loren
(1952 - 2005) |
Sample Work |
Painter - Pastels
| Taku,
Spirit Mt.,
UN (NY) |
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Ahgupuk, George Aden
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Ahgupuk
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Painter - Ink and
watercolor on skin |
Anchorage Musm,
UAF,
Smithsonian
(1911 - 2001) |
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Angokwazhuk, Happy Jack |
Sample Work and Short
Bio | Carver -
Ivory, Scrimshaw - Billikens, Ships, Cribbage
(Late 1800's)
Boards, Animals, Figurines |
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Apatiki, Homer |
Apatiki
| Carver from Gambell - Cribbage Boards &
Letter Openers
(1909 - 1976?) |
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Ard, Saradell
| Writer - "Alaskan Eskimo Art Today" by Saradell Ard Frederic
[The Alaska Journal,
Vol.2, No. 4 (1972)]
(1920 - 2009)
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Painter - Oils abstract color and shape |
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Attungana, Patrick
Kimmialuk |
Sample Work
| Weaver - Point Hope Baleen Baskets |
Alaska State Museum
(Juneau)
(1909 - 1993) |
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Beck,
Larry Allan
(1935-1990) |
Short Bio |
Recording Artist/Spokenword,
Poet Laureate, 6 books of poetry - "Alaska's
Ambassador of Good Will" |
Digstation,
Wolf Point
Studios |
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Berry, Bill
(1926 - 1979) |
B Berry |
Cartoonist,
Painter, Author out of Fairbanks
| Online |
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Brandt-Erichsen, Viggo Thor
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Viggo Thor |
Plein Air
Painter out of Homer
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Online,
Coffee Land Gallery
(1939 - 2008) |
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Brown, Susie
(unknown dates) |
Sample Work |
Sewing
Yupik Skin Sewer/Doll Maker Eek,
AK
| Online,
Arctic Spirit,
Déjà vu Antiques |
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Browne, Belmore
(1880 - 1954) |
Sample Work |
Painting - Oils
| Anchorage
Museum |
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Cates,
Dr. Vernon
(1920 - 2010) |
Wildwood
Studio |
Painting - Oils Sea/Landscapes
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Historic Anchorage Hotel |
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Crumrine-Liddell, Josephine
Sample Work | Alaska
Steam Ship Co. painting menu covers
(collectables now) |
AK State
Msm,
UAF
(1917 - 2005)
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Crumrine, Nina
(1889-1959) |
Sample Work |
Portrait & Landscapes Pastels from all
over Alaska |
AK State
Museum, Auctions
Taught daughter Josephine
(above) as well. |
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Combs, Alex
Duff
(1911 - 2008) |
Combs |
Painting/Ceramics - Oils,
Modern Art
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Pratt &
AK State Museums |
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Dahlager, Jules B.
(1884 -
1952) |
Dahlager |
Painter - Oils on Canvas, using his trademark
style of palette knife work. One of
Alaska’s most popular artists, a contemporary of
Eustace P. Ziegler & Sydney Lawrence but
never gained the fame of them. |
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Deeter, Eric
(1959 - 2009) |
Eric D |
Oils,
Watercolors
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Palmer Museum of History,
Madd Matters,
The
Fountainhead |
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Dickey, Paula
(1937 - 2011) |
Homer -
Watercolor/Ink/Collage, Illustrator,
Photography: Mixed Media, Mosaics, Stained Glass
| Fireweed Gallery, Picture Alaska, Pratt Museum |
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Dick, Richard
(1925 - 2008) |
Skagway - Tlingit
Master Carver and Story teller - Canoes and
Totems |
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Fejes, Claire
(1920 - 1998) |
Sample Work |
Paint -
Watercolor, Oils |
Alaska House,
Well Street,
UAF Museum |
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Fox, Sam
(1935-1983) |
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Carver - Yup'ik Ivory/Stone/Wood
| Samuel K
Fox Museum |
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Frankson,
Alec
(1915 - 2000) |
Coiled
Baleen Baskets, Ivory/Whalebone, Masks &
Figurines |
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Frankson,
Elaine
(unknown) |
Coiled
Baleen Baskets |
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Freeman, Carol
(1949 - 2011) |
Sample Work |
Jewelry -
Garden Girl, Glass Bead:
Earrings/Necklaces |
Softly Silk |
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Frost, George Albert
(1843 - 1907) |
Sample Work |
Painting - Oils
| Anchorage
Museum |
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Haines, John
(1924 - 2011) |
Sample Work |
State Poet Laureate,
His final book, "Descent", a series of
memoirs and essays
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amazon.com, Barnes & Noble |
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Hagen, Ardella
(1930 - 2010) |
Sample |
Talkeetna -
Her Birch Bark Baskets were sold at the
Palmer State Fair
&
Summer Talkeetna Market |
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Hakkinen, Elisabeth
(1914 - 2005) |
Short Bio |
Author of
'Haines the First Century', Founder
Sheldon Museum | amazon.com |
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Hank, Carl Sr.
(1910 - 1978) |
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Baleen
baskets with Point Hope shapes
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Fenimore Art Museum
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Heurlin, Colcord
(Rusty)
(1895 - 1986) |
Sample
Work |
Painting - Oils,
also
WPA Posters
| Anchorage
Museum,
UAF |
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Hill, Thomas
(1829 - 1908) |
Sample
Work |
Painting - Oils
| Anchorage
Museum |
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Hillhouse, Juanita
(1930 - 2012) |
Sample Work |
Felted art &
Watercolors
| Online |
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John Hoover
(1919 - 2011) |
Sample Work
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Aleut Carver, Masks
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No. Exposure,
Anchorage Msm,
Well St,
AK Native Arts |
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Horn, Renda
(1946 - 2009) |
Musician/Organizer: Homer's
Inlet Winds, Anch. Girl/Boy Choir now Anch Children's Choir |
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Jackson, Norman L.
(1942 - 2008) |
Sample Work |
Carver: Totem Poles/Masks,
Some examples in Kake
Jewelry: Sterling Silver & Gold,
Traditional
Designs Teacher, passing on the knowledge
to others - Aan eet ki |
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Jessen, Ernest F.
(1891 - 1971) |
Sample Work |
Political Cartoonist
& Jessen's Weekly newspaper (1941 - 1968)
Fairbanks |
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Joseph, Geraldine
(around 2009) |
Sample Work |
Angoon Tlingit Beader:
jewelry and appliqués
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Angoon Trading |
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Jones, Joe
(1909–1963) |
Sample Work |
Painting - Oils & Watercolors,
based in New York
Also shown
on our WPA Arts Projects
page. |
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Jones, Prescott M. M.
(1904 - 1981) |
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Paint - Watercolors
| Anchorage
Museum |
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Katexac, Bernard
(1922 - 1997) |
Sample Work |
King Island - Woodcut print
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Alaska Contemporary Art Bank |
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Kayamori, Fhoki
or Seiki |
Sample Work |
Photographer in and
around Yakutat
Wikipedia Bio
(1877-1941)
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Kayoulik, John K
(1935 - 2004) |
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Carver - Ivory/Whale Bone (Masks)
Weaver - Baleen Baskets |
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Kawagley, Angayuqaq
Oscar
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ANKN |
Writer/Thinker: book, "A Yupiaq Worldview: A
pathway to ecology and spirit" (1995), |
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(1934 - 2011) |
he explained how western science could benefit
from Native ways of understanding
-- and vice
versa. He developed the concept of "indigenous
methodology". |
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Kent, Rockwell
(1882 - 1971) |
Sample Work |
Painting - Oils
| Anchorage
Museum |
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Kickbush, Joan
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Sample Work
| Painter - Oils/Watercolors, Alaska
Native children, Arctic wildlife & Yupik
villagers.
(1926 - 2006) |
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Kinguktuk (QiNaqtaq)
& Qusraaq | Baleen Baskets
- mentioned/pictures in book by Molly Lee, no more
information
(circa 1920?) |
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Kimura, William. Y.
(1920 - 1991) |
Sample Work |
AK pioneer of
the abstraction, mod figure, sculptor |
see Online,
Smithsonian |
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Kimura, Sam
(1928 -
1994) |
Sample Work |
Photography |
Frye Museum,
AK Contemp Art Bank |
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Kowchee,
Ralph M.
(1939 - 2003) |
Sample Work |
White Mountain Carver/Painter: Scrimshawing on
Ivory/Dye on Hide
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Koyuk, Issac or Isaac |
Sample Work |
Inupiaq Carver, Bone/Ivory
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Koyuk, Joachim |
Sample Work
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Inupiaq Carver, Bone/Ivory
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Kunnuk, Leo
(1904 - 1975) |
Sample Work |
Ivory Carver
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Machetanz, Fred
(1908 - 2002) |
Short Bio |
Painting - Oils
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Artique Ltd,
Stephan's
Fine Art,
Anchorage Museum |
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Mala, Ray Wise
(1906 – 1952) |
Wiki Bio |
Actor, Cameraman
First native (Inupiat) for lead role in films
MGM's "Eskimo/Mala The Magnificent" was first
film |
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Malewotkuk, Florence Nupok |
Nupok |
Eskimo woman became a Painter - Ink and
watercolor on skins/paper
(1906 - 1971)
Anchorage Musm,
UAF,
Smithsonian NY |
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Mangus, Marvin
(1924 - 2009) |
Sample Work |
Painter- Oils
| UAF |
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Marks, Jim Jakwteen
(1941 -
2009) |
Out of Hoonah:
Tlingit Carver, Toolmaker, Totem Poles, Rattles,
Masks, Paddles, Plaques |
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Marston, Marvin R
"Muktuk" |
M Marston
| Writing - "Men of the Tundra:
Alaska Eskimos at War" |
amazon.com
(1889 - 1980) |
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Martin, Stella
Yaan da yein | --- | Art of Leadership: Alaska Native Sisterhood
And
fine Beadwork
(1923 - 2002) |
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Mayac, Earl
(1938 - 2010) |
Sample Work |
Carver - Ivory
figures and animals |
AK Native Art,
Kachina
House, Anch
Museum |
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Mayac,
Peter Sr
(1913 - 1976) |
Sample Work |
Carver - Small Ivory
Birds & Animals of the North |
Anchorage
Museum, Nat Museum of
Am Indian Collect. (Smithsonian),
Luther College/Fine Arts Collect. |
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Mayac, Theresa
(1918 -
2001) |
Sample Work |
Weaver - Baleen
Baskets | Nat Museum of
Am Indian Collect (Smithsonian) |
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Mayokok, Robert
(1903 - 1983) |
Robert M |
Native Alaskan artist
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Anchorage Musm,
UAF,
Ketchikan Musm,
Baranov Musm |
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McWayne, Barry
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McWayne
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Photographer -
Photo & Carbon Pigment Prints |
Alaska
House,
Well St,
UAF,
Bunnell
(1942 - 2010) |
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Moses, James Kivetoruk |
Sample Work |
Painter - oils/pen &
ink/watercolor/oil (photographic) pencil - on
paper or poster board
(1900 - 1982)
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Anchorage Musm,
UAF,
Alaska State
Musm,
Nat'l Cowboy/Western Heritage Museum |
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Munro-Rhine, Shirley |
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Painter |
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Nashookpuk, Titus O Sr
(1930 -
2007) |
Sample Work |
Weaver - Baleen
Baskets :: Carver - Ivory
| Anchorage
Museum |
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Neale, Mary Lou
Colbert
(1914 - 2011) |
WASP |
The Art of Flying -
Born in Juneau, served as a WASP during WWII,
qualified in 64 types aircraft! Awarded the
United States Congressional Gold
Medal in 2010 for her service |
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Paniyak, Rosalie
( - 2007) |
Sample Work |
Chevak Master Doll Maker - the 'Ugly' Doll
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Alaska Contemporary Art Bank |
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Pedigo, Oliver
(1907? - 1985?) |
Sample Work |
WWII, Book of Adak, AK cartoons: "Wind Blown and
Dripping" Online, amazon.com |
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Penatac, Charles
(1911 - 1988) |
Sample Work |
Carver - King
Island/Nome Ivory, Baleen, Scrimshaw: Animals,
Figures, Crochet hooks,
“set buttons”, letter
openers, forks |
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Penayah, Carolyn
Kava |
Sample Work
| Sewing - Doll Maker/Skin Sewer
| AK Fur Exchange, Where on Earth
(1933 - 2007) |
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Pezzenti, John
(1962 - 2007) |
Girdwood
Wildlife Photo/Writer Short
Titles: The Am. Eagle '98,
Shooting Bears '03 & Alaska '97 |
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Pikonganna, Aloysius
(1909 - 1986) |
Sample Work |
Carver -
Ivory/Pigment/Inks, Scrimshaw - Cribbage
boards, Pendants
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Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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Poor, Henry Varnum
(1887 - 1970) |
HV Poor |
Painting/Pottery/Writing - Murals, paintings,
useable ceramic dishware: see biography
online for places to see his work. Also shown
on our WPA Arts Projects
page. |
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Porterfield, Jan
(1950 - 2007) |
Jan P |
Painting
-
Watercolors |
Stephan's
Fine Arts Gallery |
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Pratt, Frank G. Jr
(1930 - 2012) |
F Pratt |
Anchorage
Photographer Wildflower Field Guides
| Online |
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Rasmuson, Mary Louise Milligan
Maker: of the Anchorage Museum & multiple other
Philanthropic deeds both local and national
(1911 - 2012)
M.L.M.R. |
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Rayburn, Edmond
( - 2007) |
Edmond R
Oil paintings - his
most recognized work 'Day of the Ahgvik'
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Raymond, John
(unknown dates) |
Sample Work
Block Lithographs sold Fairbanks area from 1970
- 1975 |
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Reed, Fran
(1943 - 2008) |
Sample Work
Master Basket Maker w/Fish Skins,
etc |
FiberScene,
Anchorage
Museum |
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Richardson, Theodore J.
(1855 - 1914) |
Sample Work
Painting -
Watercolor |
Anchorage
Museum |
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Rifredi,
Karen Manook
(1952 -
2010) |
Sample Work
Athabascan Quill,
Bead
worker
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Alaska Native Arts Gallery |
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Robinson, Fayma
(Date not known) |
Sample Work |
Juneau Best Known
for her Ink Drawings | Auction
Houses, Alaska State Library |
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Rock,
Howard "Weyahok"
(1911 - 1976)
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Uyaġaq
more info
& more |
Carver: scrimshaw on
antlers/walrus ivory; Painter: Oils,
illustrator; Jewelry: designer;
Writer:
Founder/Editor of the Tundra Times as the AK
native voice for the beginning
of the Alaska
Native movement, championed minority rights, and
provided a
sounding board for the land claims
settlement. |
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Rockwell, Cleveland
(1837 - 1907) |
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Paintings - Oils
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Anchorage
Museum |
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Ross, Bob
(1942 - 1995) |
Sample Work
Oils: Wet-on-Wet technique - his PBS show (JOY OF PAINTING)
still being aired
17 years after his death.
Wikipedia
Entry |
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Satterfield, Archie
(1932 - 2011) |
Archie S |
Writer - Many
Alaskan Tales: "After the Gold Rush",
"History of Alaska Airlines"
| amazon.com,
Barnes &
Noble |
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Schoppert, James
(1947 - 1992) |
Sample Work |
Carve/Paint - cedar & Mixed Media
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Alaska Contemporary Art Bank |
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Senungetuk, Catherine
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Sample Work
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Painter - Oils/Acrylics/Graphics/Watercolor
- Collages/MultiMedia
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(1953 - 2010) |
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Sexton, Sylvia
(1885 - 1969) |
Sample |
Seward’s well-known photographer ran Sylvia's
Photography on 4th Ave til 1951,
she took photos of
local & state events |
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Shields, Madeleine
(1947 - 2007) |
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Jewelry, Beadwork, Painting, Prints
| Wild Iris
Gallery |
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Shingledecker, Bruce
(1945 - 2007) |
Bruce S |
Painter
| Cha for the Finest (AZ),
Gustavus
Fireweed Gallery |
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Simeonoff, Helen
(1947 - 2011) |
Simeonoff |
Alutiiq
Jewelry/Painter - Oils/Watercolors |
Heritage Gifts,
AK Native
Heritage Ctr,
Alutiiq
Museum |
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Simmonds, Abe P
(1893 - 1969) |
Sample Work |
Barrow Baleen Baskets
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Alaska State Museum,
UAF |
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Skonberg, Marie
(1949 - 2009) |
Ouzinkie
beader, she created headdresses,
pouches, necklaces, and earrings
-
Alutiiq Museum |
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Snyder, Whip
( - 2006) |
Crown Point Metalsmith, custom & specialty
works |
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Smith, Betsy |
Seward Artist Paintings - Watercolors |
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Smith, Richard Peter
(circa 1880) |
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Paintings - Oils
|
Anchorage
Museum |
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Solomon, Hannah
(1908 - 2011) |
Taped Interview
A museum-quality Athapascan beader of clothing,
headdresses, baskets, etc. |
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Soolook, David Sr
(1932
- 2010) |
Sample Work |
Ivory/Bone: Bracelets,
Figures, Animals, Drums |
Alaska Native Arts Gallery |
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Sovoroff, Sergie
(1902 - 1989) |
Short
Bio |
models of Bardarkas,
complete with paddlers and all the accessories -
to preserve the old
way of constructing/
equipping them |
Alaska State
Museum |
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Spenser,
Dolly
(1930 -
2005) |
Short
Bio |
Master Inuit Doll
maker, museum has the Dolly Spenser Collection
|
Anchorage
Museum |
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Stoll, John
(1943 - 2010) |
Sample Work |
A self-taught artist
- mixed Egg-Oil tempera |
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Stuart, James Everett
(1852 - 1941) |
Sample Work |
Paintings - Oils
|
Anchorage
Museum, UAF |
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Sundown, Maryann "Arnaucuaq"
|
Photos
| Dance: Yup'ik
great-great-grandmother with a deadpan face,
lively eyes and an
(1918 - 2011) infectious laugh often
performed traditional & comedy dances with her
teasing cousin. |
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Taylor, Maria
(1934 - 2006) |
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Master Fur Artisan:
Eskimo dolls (one on display at the Smithsonian
Institution),
Skin Masks, Parkas, Mitts,
Mukluks, Hats, Yo-Yos |
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Thlunaut, Jennie
(1892 - 1986) |
Sample Work |
Tlingit Master
Chilkat Blanket Weaver - Credited with keeping
the art of
Chilkat blanket weaving alive |
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Tillion, Diana
(1928 - 2010) |
Octopus Ink
Drawings/Paintings :::: Writer -
Alaska Poetry Society "Alaska in Haiku",
"The Pioneers of Homer, Alaska"
|
Halibut
Cove Gallery,
Homer
Bookstore, amazon.com |
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Tiulana, Paul
(1921 - 1994) |
Sample Work |
Storyteller - 'A Place for Winter'
founded the King Island Dance
group - 1970's
Carver
- Ivory,
Baleen, Scrimshaw Mask Maker
| amazon.com |
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Tooyak, Andrew Sr
(1927 - 2004) |
Sample Work
| Weaver - Point Hope Baleen Baskets |
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W |
Wagner, Curt
(1922 - 2010) |
Sample Work |
Painting -
Landscapes, Oils - one in Anchorage
International Airport |
| |
Waller, John "Irish"
(not known) |
Sample Work |
Painting - Oils,
Watercolors AK animals, scenery |
| |
Webber, John
(1750 - 1794) |
Sample Work |
Painting - Engraving
|
Anchorage
Museum |
| |
Wheeler, Mark
(1943 - 2010) |
---- |
Painting:
Cartoonist, Illustrator, Watercolors/Acrylics
| amazon.com,
Thornlow’s
Bar
Wrote & Illustrated Book: "Half Baked Alaska" |
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White, Bessie
(1936 - 2009) |
Sample Work |
Yup'ik Toksook Bay
Grass Basket weaver |
UAF,
Anchorage
Museum |
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Y |
Yanert, William
(1864 - 1942) |
Sample Work |
Carved wood/ivory, wrote poetry/illustrated "Yukon Breezes"
1930s
amazon.com,
UAF |
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Z |
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
(1881-1969) |
Sample Work |
Painting - Oils/Watercolors/Drypoint
| Online, Auctions, Museums |
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