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ACRYLIC WILLIAM LEE CUMMING PORTRAIT FIGURE

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ACRYLIC WILLIAM LEE CUMMING PORTRAIT FIGURE
ACRYLIC ON PAPER 30'' x 22''. William Lee Cumming (1917), WA. Depicting a nun, signed lower right. Largely a self-taught artist, he began his career as a painter working on the WPA Federal Art Project in Seattle from 1938 to 1940. William Cumming was the youngest member of the ''Northwest School'' of artists, whose members included Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson. In 1961 the Seattle Art Museum devoted an exhibition to his work, and he has had one-man exhibitions at numerous galleries since that time. In addition to an active career as a painter, William Cumming has spent many years teaching art. More info in the white binder.