The Frye Art Museum’s substantial collection of works by artists of the Pacific Northwest reflects the museum’s transformation from a personal selection of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century—predominantly European—oil paintings to a museum dedicated to creative practice in its myriad forms. Since opening in 1952 to the present day, the museum has remained steadfast in exhibiting and collecting artworks by contemporary artists, especially those living and practicing in the city of Seattle and surrounding region.
Walser Sly Greathouse, executor of the Frye estate and founding director of the museum, ensured that Charles and Emma Frye's vision for a free, public art museum for the people of Seattle was brought to life. Beginning in 1952, Greathouse was the first of six directors who expanded the museum’s collection, acquiring new works to enliven and contextualize the paintings bequeathed by the Fryes. Subsequent leaders sustained the museum’s legacy within the evolving identity of the Pacific Northwest through the ongoing collection and exhibition of works by artists of the region—from Washington and Oregon up to Alaska. The museum’s extensive holdings of Alaskan art were initially assembled by the second director, Ida Kay Greathouse. Between 1969 and 1993, she acquired over 125 paintings and works on paper. Subsequent Frye directors Richard V. West, Midge Bowman, and Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker added 175 more works by artists associated with the northernmost state.
Highlights of the Pacific Northwest holdings range from twentieth-century Alaskan landscapes by artists such as Sydney Laurence and Eustace Paul Ziegler, to evocative works by contemporary artists and artist collectives across a broad range of mediums, including Juventino Aranda, the Black Constellation, Alison Bremner, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Ellen Lesperance, Jeffry Mitchell, Buster Simpson, and Ko Kirk Yamahira, among others.
Weekes, Shirley M.
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Jones, Thomas William
Ahgupuk, George
Blocker, Mare
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Curran, Casey
Wechsler, Sadie
Gish, Del
Rand, Ted
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Horsey, David
Gannon, William L.
Laurence, Sydney
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Wallen, R. T.
Reese, William F.
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Hamrick, Sam
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Grace, Gerald
Nicklaus, Ruthie
Muñoz, Rie
McFarland, Lois
Van Zyle, Jon
Hazleton, Lesley
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Phillips, William Arthur
Guinn-Gilles, Glenda
Machetanz, Fred
Ernst, Colin
Welman, Val
Sandberg, Ray
Alley-Barnes, Maikoiyo
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Woodring, Jim
Wallen, R. T.
Morgan, Leslie
Kimura, Sam Isamu
McCue, Frances
Machetanz, Fred
Law, Carolyn
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Guy, Alex
Charouhas, Betty
Reese, William F.
Van Zyle, Jon
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Cavazos, Xavier
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Lambert, Theodore Roosevelt
Grace, Gerald
Simpson, Buster
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Connell, Robert
Gill, Lunda Hoyle
Jet, Jimmy
Bratt, Byron
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Beyers, Margi
Cryan, Edna Wilder
Wallen, R. T.
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Fejes, Claire
Rapp, Ebba
Nishimura, Haruko
Arrants, Shirley
Laurence, Sydney
Blackstock, Dorothy
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, Fred B.
Emminger, Joe Max
Machetanz, Fred
Kohl, Joshua
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Adkison, Kathleen Gemberling
Lambert, Theodore Roosevelt
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Gannon, William L.
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Woodring, Jim
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Fitzgerald, Edmond J.
Lambert, Theodore Roosevelt
German, Jim
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Telcs, Anna
Yamahira, Ko Kirk
McBride, Ella
Steinke, Bettina
Gray, Marie Elise
Browning, Matt
Machetanz, Fred
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Wolfe, Art
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Noah, Barbara
Machetanz, Fred
Layman, Isaac
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Milotte, Alfred G.
Powell, Rosalyn Gale
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Levine, Stacey
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Paquette, Virginia
Machetanz, Fred
Nguyen, Lily
Seifu, Eden
Stark, Michael A.
Burns, Mike
Alley-Barnes, Maikoiyo
Horsey, David
Stark, Michael A.
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Simpson, Buster
Wallen, R. T.
Cauthorn, Jess Dan
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Workman, Tom
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Laurence, Sydney
Tsutakawa, Mayumi
Machetanz, Fred
Weisend, Nik
Marshall, Fred B.
Powell, Rosalyn Gale
Van Zyle, Jon
Wokoma, Inye
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, May Warner
Christie, Leona
Machetanz, Fred
Grace, Gerald
Amundsen, Norman C.
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Giecek, Ed
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Wallen, R. T.
Kent, Rockwell
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Sparling, Presha
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Ichikawa, Etsuko
Preus, Priscilla
Phillips, William Arthur
Van Zyle, Jon
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, May Warner
Chacona, George
Machetanz, Fred
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Parker, Willard E.
Salzer, Lisel
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Pokorny, Eva
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Kent, Rockwell
Lambert, Theodore Roosevelt
McMahon, Gene Gentry
Mozée, Yvonne
Wallen, R. T.
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Gardiner, T. Michael
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Wallen, R. T.
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Lesperance, Ellen
Marshall, Fred B.
Marshall, Fred B.
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Weisend, Nik
Laurence, Sydney
Heurlin, Magnus Colcord
Wallen, R. T.
Tillion, Diana
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, Fred B.
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Savage, Victoria
Machetanz, Fred
Berk, Leo Saul
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Mikhailenko, Nina
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Zaher, Maged
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Immel, Paul
Ahgupuk, George
Lindsay, Vachel
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Chapel, Tom
Gish, Del
Sobota, James H.
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Alley-Barnes, Maikoiyo
Bartlett, Bo
Machetanz, Fred
Laurence, Sydney
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Wallen, R. T.
Marshall, May Warner
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Jones, Fay
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Hulburt, Lucille
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Kickbush, Joan Arend
Hama, Take
Van Zyle, Jon
Fisk, Steve
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Robalino, Mauricio
Machetanz, Fred
Constantin, Count
Quaicoe, Otis Kwame Kye
Stark, Michael A.
Alger, Jack
The Black Constellation
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Fitzgerald, Edmond J.
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Wokoma, Inye
Wallen, R. T.
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Davidson, John
Machetanz, Fred
Fontaine-Carlson, Mary
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Gruber, Stefan
Machetanz, Fred
Marshall, Fred B.
Van Zyle, Jon
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Miletich-Warder, Anne
Baker, Alex O.
Machetanz, Fred
Cumming, William
Eaton, Sydney K.
Focke, Anne
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Checkley, David
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Muñoz, Rie
Bratt, Byron
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Crispwick, Mrs.
Laurence, Sydney
Wallen, R. T.
Loggie, Helen Amanda
Fejes, Claire
Ryan, William E.
Nicklaus, Ruthie
Gish, Del
Laurence, Sydney
Muñoz, Rie
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, Fred B.
Paschkis, Julie
Machetanz, Fred
Ernst, Colin
Fellows, Jack
Chase, Doris Totten
Derbyshire, Leon
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Tobey, Mark
Muñoz, Rie
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Countryman, Larry
Lambert, Theodore Roosevelt
Evans, Dennis
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Mitchell, Mark
White, Anthony
Wiggins, Myra Albert
Smith, Gil
Ireland, Joseph
Berk, Leo Saul
Hurd, Roland
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Stephens, Terrill
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Allen, Judith
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Powell, Rosalyn Gale
Marshall, May Warner
Hama, Take
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Butler, Ishmael
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Gutierrez, Gabriella
Machetanz, Fred
Mitchell, Ryan
Chowdhury, Srijon
Werrbach, William
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
The Black Constellation
Horsey, David
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Wallen, R. T.
Bonath, Harry
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Spafford, Michael
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Laurence, Sydney
Machetanz, Fred
Nishimura, Haruko
Elshin, Jacob Alexander
Reese, William F.
Van Zyle, Jon
Wokoma, Inye
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, Fred B.
Chew, C.T.
Machetanz, Fred
Griffin, Margie H.
Benson, R.A.
Browning, Matt
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Bundas, Rudolph
Laurence, Sydney
Steinbrueck, Victor
Wallen, R. T.
Peck, James
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Tsutakawa, George
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Mee, Nancy
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Huston, Jeff
Grace, Gerald
Reese, William F.
Van Zyle, Jon
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, May Warner
Fried, S. Daniel
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Ernst, Colin
Derbyshire, Leon
Erickson, Jean Elshin
Machetanz, Fred
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Fitzgerald, Edmond J.
Lambert, Theodore Roosevelt
Maxwell, Noemie
Bratt, Byron
Michel, Jean-Claude
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Smith, Scott
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Wallen, R. T.
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Henry, Mary
Immel, Paul
Marshall, Fred B.
Ray, Bill C.
Phillips, Adriana
Laurence, Sydney
Heurlin, Magnus Colcord
Wallen, R. T.
Acker, Perry
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Pokorny, Eva
Dakron, Ron
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Fullmer, Ray
Machetanz, Fred
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Bruch, Cris
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Ahgupuk, George
Bishop, Jeffrey
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Implied Violence
Park, Joseph
Gish, Del
Schutzky, Marilyn
Forkner, J. Edgar
The Black Constellation
Gish, Del
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Wallen, R. T.
Burgert, Julius
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Struck, Rebecca
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Gish, Del
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Rapp, Ebba
Van Zyle, Jon
Crowell, Web and Stacey Levine
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Fiset, Joan
Machetanz, Fred
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Zuckerman-Hartung, Molly
Steinke, Bettina
Van Hoesen, Jack
Irons, Stasia
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Simpson, Buster
Wallen, R. T.
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Guzak, Karen
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Faye, Jules Remedios
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Gröenhagen, Rainier
Grace, Gerald
Reese, William F.
Van Zyle, Jon
Laurence, Sydney
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, Fred B.
Guerra, Jose Rodriguez
Machetanz, Fred
Dudgeon, Earl
Benson, R.A.
Soldi, Rafael
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Itter, Julian E.
Wallen, R. T.
Acker, Perry
Machetanz, Fred
Laurence, Sydney
Wallen, R. T.
Jensen, Dorothy Dolph
Fejes, Claire
Johnson, Marshall
Mayberry, Leo
Marshall, Fred B.
Laurence, Sydney
Van Zyle, Jon
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, May Warner
Whitman, Walt
Machetanz, Fred
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Fellows, Jack
Dudgeon, Earl
Acker, Perry
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Reese, William F.
Lambert, Theodore Roosevelt
Lasker-Schuler, Else
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Lambert, Theodore Roosevelt
Armstrong, Gretchen Adele
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Implied Violence
Peters, Mary Ann
Miller, Stan
Reese, William F.
Marshall, May Warner
Lee, Susie J.
Hamilton, George
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Wallen, R. T.
Fejes, Claire
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Williamson, Robyn
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Derbyshire, Leon
McFarland, Lois
Ingram, C. Davida
Powell, Rosalyn Gale
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Wokoma, Inye
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Houlahan, Kathleen
Sparling Beckley, Chase
Machetanz, Fred
DeShazo, John
Vaughan, Molly Jae
Weekes, Shirley M.
Muñoz, Rie
Horsey, David
Ahgupuk, George
Laurence, Sydney
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Wallen, R. T.
Airey, Lorraine
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Shulman, Sondra
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Laurence, Sydney
Phillips, Adriana
Angell, Tony
Weekes, Shirley M.
Van Zyle, Jon
Mullin, Paul
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Osaka, Michi
Kimes, Marion
Machetanz, Fred
Kohl, Joshua
Grace, Gerald
Liu, Lucy
Meira do Valle, Juliana
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Bainbridge, Win
Laurence, Sydney
Fullmer, Ray
Wallen, R. T.
Peck, James
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Tsutakawa-Chinn, Kenzan
Machetanz, Fred
Hunter, Paul C.
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Hurley, Paris
Bundas, Rudolph
Powell, Rosalyn Gale
Van Zyle, Jon
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Kraftt, Robert
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Grace, Gerald
Calderon, Mark
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Hertner, Connie
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Engelmeyer, Joan
Bratt, Byron
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Crispwick, Mr.
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Wallen, R. T.
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Henry, Mary
Rosenthal, David
O'Neal, Amy
Abbott, Gerry
Lambert, Theodore Roosevelt
St. Amand, Lynn Hale
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Pokorny, Eva
Klebeck, Michael
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Chase, Doris Totten
Laurence, Sydney
Rivers, Gene
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Chickadel, Carmine
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Implied Violence
Aranda, Juventino
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Terry, Roy
Gish, Del
Mitchell, Jeffry
Machetanz, Fred
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Steinke, Bettina
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Roche, Judith
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Ferguson, Michael
Bruce, Marjorie
King, Beverly
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Crowell, Web
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Christie, Leona
Machetanz, Fred
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Shapiro, Ann Leda
Rising, Dorothy
Eaton, Sydney K.
Harris-White, Catherine
Pander, Henk
Stark, Michael A.
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Simpson, Buster
Wallen, R. T.
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Bernstein, Steven J.
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Bard, Gayle
Machetanz, Fred
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Gill, Lunda Hoyle
Reese, William F.
Van Zyle, Jon
Wokoma, Inye
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, Fred B.
Bertolino, James
Machetanz, Fred
Grace, Gerald
Jensen, Arne Rudolph
Fenton, Anne
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Brask, Gudrun
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Bremner, Alison
Wallen, R. T.
Cumming, William
Wallen, R. T.
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Yamamoto, Traise
Laurence, Sydney
Lucero, Ian
Dorsey, Jack
Laurence, Sydney
Van Zyle, Jon
Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Marshall, Fred B.
Calderwood, Nancy
Machetanz, Fred
Ernst, Colin
Myers, Kay
Marshall, Fred B.
Gannon, William L.
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Stern, Chris
Laurence, Sydney
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Blevins, Don
Machetanz, Fred
Wallen, R. T.
Ahgupuk, George
Mitchell, Jeffry
Sheppley, William
Reese, William F.
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Layman, Isaac
Cumming, William
Heurlin, Magnus Colcord
Wallen, R. T.
Steinke, Bettina
Kimura, Sam Isamu
Dennis, Lockwood
Machetanz, Fred
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Ziegler, Eustace Paul
Powell, Rosalyn Gale
Reese, William F.
Berk, Leo Saul
Gustin, Paul Morgan
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
Van Hoesen, Jack
McGranaghan, David
