Kenneth Callahan

Kenneth Callahan (1905–1986) was an American painter and muralist who served as a catalyst for Northwest artists in the mid-20th century through his own painting, his doing as accomplice director and curator at the Seattle Art Museum, and his writings more or less contemporary art. Born in Eastern Washington and largely self-taught as an artist, Callahan was involved to an art that went exceeding the merely illustrative. He enrolled at the University of Washington in 1924 but did not stay long. He traveled widely, absorbing influences from the swing countries and cultures he experienced. His capability was endorsed early; his comport yourself was included in the first Whitney Biennial exhibition in 1933 and he went on to a distinguished painting career. Callahan is identified as one of the Northwest Mystics – along as soon as Guy Anderson, Morris Graves, and Mark Tobey, who shared a muted palette and mighty interest in Asian aesthetics.