Kenneth Callahan

Kenneth Callahan (1905 in Spokane, Washington–1986 in Seattle, Washington) was a noted 20th century Abstract Expressionism painter, art critic [cite web |url=http://www.fosterwhite.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=63 |title=Kenneth Callahan |publisher=Foster White Gallery |accessdate=2007-11-26] curator, and a founder of the Northwest School.

Callahan grew up in Montana before attending high school in Seattle. He attended University of Washington but did not graduate. [cite web |url=http://www.cs.washington.edu/building/art/KennethCallahan/ |title=Kenneth Callahan |publisher=cs.washington.edu |accessdate=2007-11-26] He cared for his younger brother during this time, worked as a longshoreman, and travelled extensively through Europe, Latin America, and the United States.cite web |url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/tranSCRIPTs/malone83.htm |title=Interview with Dorothy Malone, Conducted by Suzanne Ragen, At the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, Washington, January 27, 1983 |publisher=Smithsonian Archives of American Art |accessdate=2007-11-26]

Largely self taught, Callahan founded the Northwest School, along with Guy Anderson, Morris Graves, and Mark Tobey.

Callahan was a curator of the Seattle Art Museum for twenty years from 1933 - 1953. He was married to Margaret Bundy.

Awards and recognition

* 1954, Guggenheim Fellowship
* 1933, first Whitney Biennial Exposition

References

* Conkelton, Sheryl, "What It Meant to be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle 1999

* Conkelton, Sheryl, and Landau, Laura, "Northwest Mythologies: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson", Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA; University of Washington Press, Seattle and London 2003

* Kingsbury, Martha, "Art of the Thirties: The Pacific Northwest", University of Washington Press for Henry Art Gallery, Seattle and London 1972

* Orton, Thomas, and Watkinson, Patricia Grieve, "Kenneth Callahan", Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WA; University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 2000

External links

* [http://artarchives.si.edu/oralhist/callah82.htm Art Archives] Transcription of Ken Callahan's interview by The Smithsonian
* [http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/callahan.html Painting images] at Laura Russo Gallery
* [http://www.usbr.gov/museumproperty/art/biocalla.html Photo] with other artists in Arizona