Object Catalog Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
"Street in Ketchikan" |
Object # |
88.1.165.1 |
Object Name |
Print, Woodblock |
Date |
1937 |
Artist |
Mousseau, Roland |
Description |
"Street In Ketchikan" 1930's style wood block engraving of the Streets of Ketchikan. Reminiscent of WPA style art work. Roland Mousseau Born in Minnesota in 1899, Century - 20 |
Provenance |
Research from: Works Progress Administration's Alaska Art Project 1937: A Retrospective Exhibition by the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 1987. "Roland Mousseau Born in Minnesota in 1899, Mr. Mousseau made his home in the artists' colony of Woodstock, New York as a painter and engraver. He died in Minneapolis in 1980. Education: Minneapolis School of Art; Art Students League, New York; studies in Paris and Italy. Positions: Instructor, Minnesota School of Art. Collections: Woodstock Artists Association, New York. Alaska Art Project: Mousseau traveled with Karl Fortess and Ferdinand Lo Pinto. One oil was destroyed in the McKinley Park Hotel fire of 1972. "Glacial Drift", done from studies made in Alaska, shared the Juror's award at the 1938 Woodstock Artists Association Show." (WPA Alaska Art Project 1937, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 1987 page 22. "Fortess, Lo Pinto, and Mousseau They unofficially called themselves the New York group", with Karl Fortess and Roland Mousseau from Woodstock and Ferdinand Lo Pinto from New York City. They arrived with most of the others in Ketchikan, June 6. During their stay there they traveled to the surrounding islands on Forestry Service boats. The group left Ketchikan in mid-July for Wrangell, spending about ten days there. They went to Valdez and Seward by ship, and took the train north to Anchorage to spend one month there. On September 4, the group went by train to Mt. McKinley Park, and stayed in a Forest Service cabin at Igloo Creek. During their stay they were disturbed by bears, which the road crews in the Park found quite amusing. The story eventually made the Fairbanks newspaper. The group took the train to Fairbanks on the 12th of September for a twelve day stay. From Fairbanks they took the train south, stopping at McKin-ley Park on the 25th. On October 2, the group arrived back in Seward, leaving that night by ship for an unknown destination. Lo Pinto arrived in Ketchikan on November 8, with Fortess and Moussean arriving the next day. The group left Alaska with most of the other artists on November 13." (WPA Alaska Art Project 1937, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 1987 page 16). Maker Bio: Alaska Art Project: Mousseau traveled Alaska with Karl Fortess and Ferdinand Lo Pinto in 1937. "Glacial Drift", done from studies made in Alaska, shared the Juror's award at the 1938 Woodstock Artists Association Show. |
Material |
Woodcut on Paper |
Dimensions |
H-15.433 W-11.969 inches |
Dimension Details |
30.40 cm x 39.20 cm Whole/Part - WHOLE |
People |
Mousseau, Roland |
Search Terms |
1930s Art Ketchikan Streets Ketchikan, Alaska Original Art Wood Block Engraving Works Progress Administration WPA |
Related Publications |
WPA Alaska Art Project 1937, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 1987 |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 88.1.165.1 |