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Cumming, William
| Last Name: | Cumming |
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| First Name: | William |
| Dates: |
*1917 (Date of Birth)
*2010 (Date of Death)
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| Biography/History: | William Cumming, born Kalispel, Montana, 1917, died Seattle, Washington, 2010 – William Cumming’s works walk the boundary between realism and abstraction. Though he was a figurative painter, his interest was not in photographic detail but rather in recording a moment in time. He was known particularly for his talent in capturing movement: the physical gestures of bodies in motion and the animated spaces between them. He elided or omitted details and often obscured the faces in some way. The subjects of Cumming’s works often reflect his daily life. (page 144, “Best of the Northwest: Selected Works from the Tacoma Art Museum” Margaret E. Bullock and Rock Hushka, 2012) |
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3921.1 (Painting, Spokane Backyard, 1943 - 1944)
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