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Fine Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Video tour of Isaka Shamsud-Din's art studio

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1760
Abstract

Video tour of Isaka Shamsud-Din's art studio in Portland, Oregon, conducted on October 3, 2018. Shamsud-Din shows some of his paintings, drawings, and murals, and discusses the inspiration and meaning behind each work.

Dates: 2018 October 3

Engraving of Brigadier General James Shields

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5275
Abstract

Engraving of Brigadier General James Shields by John Chester Buttre after a photograph by Brady.

Dates: circa 1850-1893

J. W. Shields, likeness from the latest photograph from life

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5276
Abstract

Engraving of Brigadier General James Shields by Alonzo Chappel after a photograph.

Dates: 1862

Oral history interview with Leo F. Simon

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9503
Abstract

Oral history interview with Leo F. Simon conducted by Linda S. Dodds on February 7, 1980. Simon discusses his career as a commercial photographer in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1980 February 7

Sketch of a barn on G. St., Tacoma, Washington

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5055
Abstract

Watercolor sketch of a house on G Street in Tacoma, Washington, by J. J. Nelson.

Dates: circa 1900-1976

Sketch of Southwest Broadway Ave. and Southwest Jefferson Street, Portland, Or.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5353
Abstract

Print of a pen and ink drawing by John Waddingham that depicts SW Broadway Avenue and SW Jefferson Street in Portland, Oregon, and shows the Broadway Inn and the Oregon Historical Society.

Dates: circa 1970

Sketches for "Children of the covered wagon: a story of the old Oregon Trail"

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5363
Abstract

Pen and ink sketches by Bob Kuhn for Mary Jane Carr's book "Children of the covered wagon: a story of the old Oregon Trail," depicting moccasins, a buffalo skull, and scenes from the book. Kuhn (1920-2007) was one of the leading painters of North American and African wildlife.

Dates: circa 1950-1957

Sketches of street scene and soldiers on train

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5366
Abstract

Two sketches, one on each side of a piece of paperboard, depicting a street scene and sleeping soldiers in a railroad car.

Dates: circa 1850-1950

Clarence L. Smith collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5144
Abstract

Cartoons and sketches by Clarence L. Smith, circa 1905-1931, including: an ink drawing of Astoria after the original by A. T. Agate (1841); a crayon drawing of Joseph Bradley Varnum Butler; and a pen and ink sketch of Fort Umpqua. Smith (1851-1934) was an illustrator and cartoonist for the Oregonian newspaper.

Dates: circa 1905-1931

Harold Cramer Smith collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5318
Abstract

Seven pen and ink illustrations by Harold Cramer Smith, drawn to accompany the text of Fannie Adams Copper's "My Life as a Homesteader" in Oregon Historical Quarterly in 1981, and depicting scenes from the text.

Dates: 1981