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Trees and Blue Sky
 

Arthur Runquist

(1891-1971)

Education:

University of Oregon;
Art Students League, New York (1920);
Museum Art School, Portland

Biography:

Runquist completed two murals for the WPA in 1938 at the University of Oregon and murals for the Pendleton High School in 1941. He worked at the Kaiser shipyards in Vancouver, WA from 1942-45. His painted documentation of the workers gained him a reputation for social commentary. His landscapes were secondary in importance to the people appearing in them.

Media:

Oil, tempera, prints (lithograph, etching)