Jacob Elshin
Jacob Alexander Elshin (1892-1976) was a Russian American artist. Born in 1892 in Saint Petersburg, Russia,[1] he served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army, and may have been a student at the St. Petersburg Academy. He arrived in Seattle in 1923 where he was described as a "straight pictorialist".[2] His art was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, where he worked with Mark Tobey, Helmi Juvonen, and others.[3] He also provided services to the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture.[4] Elshin socialized with other artists at the Chinese Art Club.[5] He died in Seattle in 1976.[1]
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Jacob Elshin, Miners at Work (1937-38), painted for the Works Progress Administration, now owned by the City of Renton, Washington
References
- Wall text in "No Longer Forgotten: Uncovering the Stories of WPA Artists in the Northwest", Tacoma Art Museum, 2020
- Cumming 1984, p. 159.
- Wehr 2000, p. 285.
- "Jacob Elshin mural is discovered at West Seattle High School in May 2000". Essay 3441. HistoryLink.org. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- Chang, Johnson & Karlstrom 2008, p. 68.
- Bibliography
- Chang, Gordon H.; Johnson, Mark Dean; Karlstrom, Paul J.; Spain, Sharon (2008). Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-5752-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Cumming, William (1984). Sketchbook: A Memoir of the 1930s and the Northwest School. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98560-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Wehr, Wesley (2000). The Eighth Lively Art: Conversations with Painters, Poets, Musicians & the Wicked Witch of the West. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-97956-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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