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Juvonen, Helmi
| Last Name: | Juvonen |
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| First Name: | Helmi |
| Dates: |
*1903 (Date of Birth)
*1985 (Date of Death)
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| Biography/History: | Helmi Juvonen was born in Butte, Montana in 1903. When she was 15, her family moved to Seattle. Her Finnish parents encouraged her artistic expression and she was already an accomplished artist by the time she entered Queen Anne High School. She continued to develop her talent at Cornish and appears to have been a highly motivated, talented, and hard-working student. Boxes of notebooks from these early days attest to her passion for drawing. Helmi made a respectable living by selling prints to clients like Frederick & Nelson and making sketches for the Seattle Times. Later in life she sold prints at Seattle's Pike Place Market. Although many of the prints were loose and whimsical, Helmi could also draw with the precision of a scientific illustrator. Helmi was closely connected to Washinton's Native American Culture. She was often a guest at important ceremonials, sketching what she saw. Her Indian friends called her "Northern Light." In 1959, at age 56, Helmi was taken to Northern State Hospital in Sedro Woolley for clinical evaluation. The following year she became a ward of the state and was transferred to the Oakhurst Convalescent Center at Elma. There she remained until her death in 1985. |
| Related Objects: |
3110.1 (Linocut, Pinto Pony, c. 1953)
3110.10 (Linocut, Yakima Design, c. 1953)
3110.11 (Painting, Forever Mine Bird, 1957)
3110.2 (Linocut, Yakima Dancer, c. 1953)
3110.3 (Linocut, Yakima Eagle, c. 1939)
3110.4 (Linocut, Yakima Parade I (Version I), c. 1953)
3110.5 (Linocut, Yakima Parade I (Version II), c. 1953)
3110.6 (Linocut, Indian Family, c. 1953)
3110.7 (Linocut, Yakima Parade II, c. 1953)
3110.8 (Linocut, N. W. Indians, c. 1953)
3110.9 (Linocut, Mark Tobey's Eskimo Mask, 1954)
3111.1 (Lithograph, Winter Dance Time, 1946)
3153.1 (Linocut, Mammology Mirror, 1947)
3153.2 (Drawing, Twilight on the Campground)
3186.1 (Print, Mark Tobey's Eskimo Mask, c. 1954)
3186.10 (Linocut, Salmon, c. 1953)
3186.11 (Linocut, Salmon, c. 1953)
3186.12 (Linocut, Salmon, c. 1953)
3186.13 (Linocut, Butterfly, c. 1953)
3186.14 (Linocut, Butterfly, c. 1953)
3186.15 (Linocut, Wolf, c. 1953)
3186.16 (Linocut, Fisherman, c. 1953)
3186.17 (Linocut, Petroglyph, c. 1953)
3186.18 (Linocut, Petroglyph, c. 1953)
3186.19 (Linocut, Whale II, c. 1953)
3186.2 (Print, Thunder Bird, c. 1953)
3186.20 (Linocut, Whale II, c. 1953)
3186.22 (Print, Gomokwey (Northwest Coast Indian Mask), 1953)
3186.23 (Print, Eagle, c. 1953)
3186.24 (Linocut, Wolf Dance, c. 1953)
3186.25 (Print, Wolf Dance, c. 1953)
3186.26 (Print, Spirit Dance (LaConner), c. 1953)
3186.27 (Print, Wolf, 1953)
3186.28 (Print, Tlingit Whale, c. 1953)
3186.29 (Print, Tlingit Singing Mask, c. 1953)
3186.3 (Print, Imaginative Perception, 1949-53)
3186.30 (Print, Wolf and Mask, c. 1953)
3186.31 (Print, Untitled (Kneeling Figure), c. 1953)
3186.32 (Print, Mask I, c. 1953)
3186.4 (Linocut, Bird, c. 1953)
3186.5 (Linocut, Beaver, c. 1953)
3186.6 (Linocut, Beaver, c. 1953)
3186.7 (Linocut, Totemic Art, c. 1953)
3186.8 (Linocut, Whale I, c. 1953)
3186.9 (Linocut, Squid, c. 1953)
3678.1 (Painting, "Three Birds", 1957)
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