Guy Anderson

Guy Anderson born in Edmonds, Washington, (November 20, 1906-1998) was an American painter from the Northwest School. As a child he used to commute to the Seattle Public Library by bus to study their art books. In 1929, he won a Tiffany Foundation scholarship and spent the summer studying at the Tiffany estate on Long Island, New York. That year he also met the painter Morris Graves and they became lifelong friends and later became two of the founders of the Northwest School of painting style. In 1939 he taught at the Spokane Art Center as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) a Federal Art Project during and after the Great Depression.

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Edmonds, Washington - November 20 - 1906 - 1998 - Northwest School - Seattle Public Library - 1929 - Tiffany Foundation - Long Island, New York - Morris Graves - Spokane Art Center - Works Progress Administration - Great Depression

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In 1975, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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