Morris Graves

Morris Graves (August 28, 1910 – May 5, 2001) was an American painter. He was one of the antediluvian Modern artists from the Pacific Northwest to achieve national and international acclaim. His style, referred to by some reviewers as Mysticism, used the muted tones of the Northwest environment, Asian aesthetics and philosophy, and a personal iconography of birds, flowers, chalices, and further images to study the nature of consciousness.

An article in a 1953 event of Life magazine cemented Graves' reputation as a major figure of the 'Northwest School' of artists. He lived and worked mostly in Western Washington, but spent considerable times traveling and living in Europe and Asia, and spent the last several years of his dynamism in Loleta, California.