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Patricia Kirkpatrick Nicholson papers, 1923-1981

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Nicholson, Patricia Kirkpatrick, 1893-1978
Title
Patricia Kirkpatrick Nicholson papers
Dates
1923-1981 (inclusive)
Quantity
4.33 cubic feet (9 boxes plus 2 microfilm reels (positive and negative))
Collection Number
2425
Summary
Biographical information, correspondence, diaries, financial records and photographs of a painter of the Pacific Northwest
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Patricia Kirkpatrick Nicholson, 1893-1978, known professionally as P.K. Nicholson, was one of a very few major women painters in the Northwest. Her early study and personal association with Mark Tobey during the forties and fifties, was central to her development as an artist. She worked mostly in tempera and oil, in somber tones. Her use of abstract and semi-abstract imagery, often associated with the Northwest, bordered on the "mystical." Two of her most successful series of paintings dealt with religious themes and totemic symbols, probably derived from the Northwest Indians. A later series of paintings, whose principal motif was large sweeping calligraphic symbols, was influenced by her studies of Japanese calligraphy. P.K. Nicholson was an articulate speaker and writer about the aesthetics and philosophy of art. During much of her career she served as a touring Docent for the Seattle Art Museum.

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Content Description

Biographical information, correspondence, diaries, financial records, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions:

  • Accession No. 2425-001, Patricia Kirkpatrick Nicholson papers, 1923-1971
  • Accession No. 2425-002, Patricia Kirkpatrick Nicholson papers, 1957-1978

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Women artists--Northwest, Pacific

Personal Names

  • Nicholson, Patricia Kirkpatrick, 1893-1978--Archives

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Hallsten, Pehr, 1897-1965 (creator)
    • Tobey, Mark (creator)


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