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'''Viola Patterson''' (1898 - 1984), née Hansen, was an American artist who lived and worked in Seattle, WA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monamuseum.org/artist/viola-patterson|title=Viola Patterson {{!}} MoNA|website=www.monamuseum.org|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref>
'''Viola Patterson''' (1898–1984), née Hansen, was an American artist who lived and worked in [[Seattle|Seattle, WA]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monamuseum.org/artist/viola-patterson|title=Viola Patterson {{!}} MoNA|website=www.monamuseum.org|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
The daughter of a Swedish mother and a Danish father, Viola Hansen Patterson was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Seattle and completed a master program in librarianship at the [[University of Washington]] in 1921.
The daughter of a Swedish mother and a Danish father, Viola Hansen Patterson was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Seattle and completed a master program in librarianship at the [[University of Washington]] in 1921.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-viola-patterson-12618|title=Oral history interview with Viola Patterson, 1982 Oct. 22-29|website=www.aaa.si.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref> Despite her early interest in art making, it was not until the summer after completing her B.A. that she took her first drawing class with [[Ambrose Patterson]], a well-established painter and art professor at the University of Washington whom she eventually married in 1922.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monamuseum.org/artist/viola-patterson|title=Viola Patterson {{!}} MoNA|website=www.monamuseum.org|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-viola-patterson-12618|title=Oral history interview with Viola Patterson, 1982 Oct. 22-29|website=www.aaa.si.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref> Despite her early interest in art making, it was not until the summer after completing her B.A. that she took her first drawing class with [[Ambrose Patterson]], a well-established painter and art professor at the University of Washington whom she eventually married in 1922.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monamuseum.org/artist/viola-patterson|title=Viola Patterson {{!}} MoNA|website=www.monamuseum.org|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref>
Together, they worked in Ambrose Patterson's studio in Seneca Street, where they received visits from local and international artists, and traveled extensively though Europe and Mexico to study and paint.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-viola-patterson-12618|title=Oral history interview with Viola Patterson, 1982 Oct. 22-29|website=www.aaa.si.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref> The first woman born in Seattle to study art in Paris, Viola Hansen Patterson met and studied with some of the most prominent modernist artists of her time, including Mexican muralists Pablo O'Higgins and Diego Rivera, French purists Amedee Ozenfant and Paul Bonifas, Russian constructivist Alexander Archipenko, cubists Lyonel Feininger and Andre L'Hote, and American Expressionist Mark Tobey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920129&slug=1472804|title=Entertainment & the Arts {{!}} Patterson Getting Her Due {{!}} Seattle Times Newspaper|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref> She taught children's classes at the [[University of Washington]] and in conjunction with the [[Seattle Art Museum]] from 1947 to 1966.
Together, they worked in Ambrose Patterson's studio in Seneca Street, where they received visits from local and international artists, and traveled extensively though Europe and Mexico to study and paint.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-viola-patterson-12618|title=Oral history interview with Viola Patterson, 1982 Oct. 22-29|website=www.aaa.si.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref> The first woman born in Seattle to study art in Paris, Viola Hansen Patterson met and studied with some of the most prominent modernist artists of her time, including Mexican muralists Pablo O'Higgins and Diego Rivera, French purists Amedee Ozenfant and Paul Bonifas, Russian constructivist Alexander Archipenko, cubists Lyonel Feininger and Andre L'Hote, and American Expressionist Mark Tobey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920129/1472804/patterson-getting-her-due|title=Entertainment & the Arts {{!}} Patterson Getting Her Due|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=2019-11-16}}</ref> She taught children's classes at the [[University of Washington]] and in conjunction with the [[Seattle Art Museum]] from 1947 to 1966.
She showed her work in numerous exhibitions in Washington (including at the [[Seattle Art Museum]] and the [[Zoe Dusanne|Zoë Dusanne Gallery]]<ref>http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3863</ref>
She showed her work in numerous exhibitions in Washington (including at the [[Seattle Art Museum]] and the [[Zoe Dusanne|Zoë Dusanne Gallery]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3863| title = Zoe Dusanne opens Seattle's first professional modern-art gallery on November 12, 1950. - HistoryLink.org}}</ref>
), Oregon, and New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cs.washington.edu/art/ViolaPatterson|title=Viola Hansen Patterson {{!}} Computer Science & Engineering|website=www.cs.washington.edu|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref> Her last retrospective was in 1968 at the Henry Art Gallery. She died in her Laurelhurst home in 1984 at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920129&slug=1472804|title=Entertainment & the Arts {{!}} Patterson Getting Her Due {{!}} Seattle Times Newspaper|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref> Her work can be seen at the Gates Center at the University of Washington and at the [[Museum of Northwest Art]].<ref>http://www.museumofnwart.org/index.php?page=about-collection</ref>
), Oregon, and New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cs.washington.edu/art/ViolaPatterson|title=Viola Hansen Patterson {{!}} Computer Science & Engineering|website=www.cs.washington.edu|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref> Her last retrospective was in 1968 at the Henry Art Gallery. She died in her Laurelhurst home in 1984 at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920129/1472804/patterson-getting-her-due|title=Entertainment & the Arts {{!}} Patterson Getting Her Due|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref> Her work was displayed at the Gates Center at the University of Washington and at the [[Museum of Northwest Art]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.museumofnwart.org/index.php?page=about-collection |title=Museum of Northwest Art: About the Permanent Collection|access-date=2011-12-17 |archive-date=2012-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207114313/http://www.museumofnwart.org/index.php?page=about-collection |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
*Danielle Marie Knapp, [https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/10666/Knapp_Danielle_Marie_ma2010sp.pdf?sequence=1 ''Rethinking Ambrose Patterson and Modern Art in Seattle''], University of Oregon, June 2010
*Danielle Marie Knapp, [https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/10666/Knapp_Danielle_Marie_ma2010sp.pdf?sequence=1 ''Rethinking Ambrose Patterson and Modern Art in Seattle''], University of Oregon, June 2010

==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-viola-patterson-12618 Oral history interview with Viola Patterson, 1982 Oct. 22-29]
*[http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-viola-patterson-12618 Oral history interview with Viola Patterson, 1982 Oct. 22-29]
*http://www.askart.com/askart/p/viola_hansen_patterson/viola_hansen_patterson.aspx
*http://www.askart.com/askart/p/viola_hansen_patterson/viola_hansen_patterson.aspx
*http://www.artguidenw.com/NWArt.htm
*http://www.artguidenw.com/NWArt.htm
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Latest revision as of 04:28, 13 November 2024

Viola Patterson (1898–1984), née Hansen, was an American artist who lived and worked in Seattle, WA.[1]

Life

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The daughter of a Swedish mother and a Danish father, Viola Hansen Patterson was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Seattle and completed a master program in librarianship at the University of Washington in 1921. [2] Despite her early interest in art making, it was not until the summer after completing her B.A. that she took her first drawing class with Ambrose Patterson, a well-established painter and art professor at the University of Washington whom she eventually married in 1922.[3] Together, they worked in Ambrose Patterson's studio in Seneca Street, where they received visits from local and international artists, and traveled extensively though Europe and Mexico to study and paint.[4] The first woman born in Seattle to study art in Paris, Viola Hansen Patterson met and studied with some of the most prominent modernist artists of her time, including Mexican muralists Pablo O'Higgins and Diego Rivera, French purists Amedee Ozenfant and Paul Bonifas, Russian constructivist Alexander Archipenko, cubists Lyonel Feininger and Andre L'Hote, and American Expressionist Mark Tobey.[5] She taught children's classes at the University of Washington and in conjunction with the Seattle Art Museum from 1947 to 1966. She showed her work in numerous exhibitions in Washington (including at the Seattle Art Museum and the Zoë Dusanne Gallery[6] ), Oregon, and New York.[7] Her last retrospective was in 1968 at the Henry Art Gallery. She died in her Laurelhurst home in 1984 at the age of 86.[8] Her work was displayed at the Gates Center at the University of Washington and at the Museum of Northwest Art.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Viola Patterson | MoNA". www.monamuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ^ "Oral history interview with Viola Patterson, 1982 Oct. 22-29". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ^ "Viola Patterson | MoNA". www.monamuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ^ "Oral history interview with Viola Patterson, 1982 Oct. 22-29". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ^ "Entertainment & the Arts | Patterson Getting Her Due". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. ^ "Zoe Dusanne opens Seattle's first professional modern-art gallery on November 12, 1950. - HistoryLink.org".
  7. ^ "Viola Hansen Patterson | Computer Science & Engineering". www.cs.washington.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  8. ^ "Entertainment & the Arts | Patterson Getting Her Due". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  9. ^ "Museum of Northwest Art: About the Permanent Collection". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2011-12-17.

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