Jacob Elshin

Jacob Alexander Elshin (1892-1976) was a Russian American artist. Born in 1892 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, he served as an commissioner in the Imperial Russian Army, and may have been a student at the St. Petersburg Academy. He arrived in Seattle in 1923 where he was described as a "straight pictorialist". His art was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, where he worked in the tune of Mark Tobey, Helmi Juvonen, and others. He as well as provided facilities to the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture. Elshin socialized with extra artists at the Chinese Art Club. He died in Seattle in 1976.