Jacob Elshin
Illustration — Jacob Elshin, Miners at Work (1938), commissioned by the Section of Painting and Sculpture for the post office in Renton, Washington Jacob Alexander Elshin (December 30, 1892 – 1976) was an American artist. Jacob Elshin was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, he served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army, and may have been a student at the St. He arrived in Seattle in 1923 where he was described as a "straight pictorialist".
Also recorded as Jacob Alexander Elshin · Jacob Alexandrovitch Elshin
Jacob Elshin
Jacob Elshin · Photographed by Joe Mabel in an exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum, February 2020 · Public domain
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- 1892
- Died
- 1976
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- United States
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- painter
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Born in 1892, died in 1976.
Work by Jacob Elshin is recorded in the collections of Seattle Art Museum and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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- 1.Renton-Highland Branch Library Mural – Renton WA. The Living New Deal.
- 2.R. R. Bowker Company. Who's Who in American Art. 168. 1959.
- 3.Wall text in "No Longer Forgotten: Uncovering the Stories of WPA Artists in the Northwest", Tacoma Art Museum, 2020
- 4.Cumming, William. Sketchbook: A Memoir of the 1930s and the Northwest School. University of Washington Press. 159. 1984. 978-0-295-98560-2.
- 5.Wehr, Wesley. The Eighth Lively Art: Conversations with Painters, Poets, Musicians & the Wicked Witch of the West. University of Washington Press. 285. 2000. 978-0-295-97956-4.
- 6.HistoryLink.org. Jacob Elshin mural is discovered at West Seattle High School in May 2000. Essay 3441.
- 7.Chang, Gordon H. Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970. Stanford University Press. 68. 2008. 978-0-8047-5752-2.
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