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Fine Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Life in Vanport prints

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 557
Abstract Four prints from the Portland General Electric Company's "Life in Vanport" series, each featuring a painting made for PGE and descriptive information about PGE or Vanport. The prints are: "Day Nursery in a Tree-shaded Park," made from a watercolor by Charles Voorhies; "Waiting for the 4:40 Bus," made from an oil painting by Sergeant John W. Hatch; "Sandlot Baseball in the Sunshine," made from a watercolor by Sergeant Robert Jakobsen; and "Between-Shift Interlude," made from a watercolor by...
Dates: circa 1944

Lithograph of Native man in winter dress from Costume of the Russian Empire

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5040
Abstract

Hand-colored lithograph depicting a Native man of the Aleutian Islands in winter attire. The lithograph is Plate 60 from the 1811 edition of "Costume of the Russian Empire," published by Edward Harding.

Dates: 1811

Lithograph of Portland and Mt. St. Helens

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Identifier: Mss 5293
Abstract

Lithograph of Portland and Mt. St. Helens.

Dates: circa 1800-1899

Lithographs from "A report: in the form of a journal"

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5376
Abstract

Lithographs produced for the book "A report: in the form of a journal," depicting scenes from Osborne Cross's exploratory expedition across the United States, including the Snake River, the Columbia River, The Dalles, and others.

Dates: 1849

Lithographs of Russian costume

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Identifier: Mss 5290
Abstract

Colored lithographs taken from an unidentified Italian almanac depicting dwellings, people, and clothing of "Kamciadali," the people of Kamchatka, Russia, and the clothing of "Tungusi" and "Telenli," the people of Tunguska in Siberia.

Dates: circa 1700-1899

Oral history interview with Frederic Littman

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9530
Abstract

Oral history interview with Frederic Littman conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 6, 1974. Littman discusses his career as a sculptor in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1974 February 6

Lovejoy Columns restoration and relocation records

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Identifier: Coll 931
Abstract Records, photographs, and ephemera related to efforts to conserve and relocate the Lovejoy Columns. The Lovejoy Columns were ten pillars for the Lovejoy Viaduct in Portland, Oregon, that were painted by Greek American Tom E. Stefopoulos from 1948 to 1952. When the Lovejoy viaduct was demolished in 1999, local artists, including members of the architectural collective Rigga, successfully campaigned for these pillars to be left intact. In 2005, two of the columns were relocated to Elizabeth...
Dates: 1964-2006; Majority of material found within 1998-2005

Oral history interview with Marjorie McDonald

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Identifier: SR6502
Abstract

Oral history interview with Marjorie McDonald conducted by Edna Kovacs on October 21, 1989. McDonald was the first Russian language high school teacher in the United States and became an artist after her retirement in 1963.

Dates: 1989 October 21

Oral history interview with Wayne McDonald

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9470
Abstract

Oral history interview with Wayne McDonald conducted by Ray Neufer around 1980. McDonald discusses painting a mural on a building at Beaver Acres Elementary School in Beaverton, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1980

William F. McIlwraith collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5017
Abstract

Collection consists primarily of engravings from sketches by William F. McIlwraith of Oregon scenes, buildings, and ships, including: "Building the 'Star of Oregon,' " the old state Capitol building in Salem, the Forestry Building in Portland, the McLoughlin house in Oregon City, the Burnside Bridge in Portland, the Battleship Oregon, the steamboat T. J. Potter, and Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood (original pen and ink sketch).

Dates: circa 1932-1934