WAUAlpsGlenPrintsDrawingsPH2016_025.xmlGuide to the Glen Alps Prints and Drawings circa 1940s-1960sAlps (Glen) Prints and DrawingsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2017 (Last modified: 11/27/2017)

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University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH2016-025Alps, GlenGlen Alps prints and drawingscirca 1940s-1960s13 tubes, 4 mapcase folders, 1 vertical file, and 1 flat box.Collection materials are in English.Designs, prints, and drawings by Glen Alps

Glen Alps was a professor of art at the University of Washington from 1945 to 1984; he is most widely known for his pioneering work in developing new artistic techniques, particularly in the area of printmaking.

Alps was born on June 20, 1914, in Loveland, Colorado. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Education from Colorado State College in 1940, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington in 1947. Alps also spent some time pursuing advanced studies at the University of Iowa. He joined the faculty of the UW School of Art in 1945, receiving tenure in 1954, becoming full professor in 1962, and retiring as professor emeritus in 1984.

Alps' specialty was printmaking. He was head of the printmaking department at UW from 1979-1984. He is best known for developing and promoting the technique of collography (a term he coined, fusing the words "collage" and "graphic"). He also pioneered a new technique involving burnt lacquer, and contributed to the development of the vitreograph and serigraph.

In addition to printmaking, Alps was also a sculptor and a designer and manufacturer of fine art printing presses. In the early 1950s Alps designed and made decorative screens, including one for the Seattle Public Library. In 1958 he exhibited his 3D sculptures, fireplace screens, and early collographs in a solo show at the Henry Gallery. In 1960 he designed a fountain for the Seattle Municipal Building.

Glen Alps passed away on November 3, 1996.

Drawings for Alps public art sculptures including the drawings for the sculpture at the Seattle World's Fair.

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Donor: David Martin, April 26, 2012.

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Glen Alps Papers (Manuscript Collection 5152)

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1Alps Press Plans original tube2Untitled design drawing3Hans Jorgensen's19604World's Fair concrete shape19625Hauberg fireplace screen design6Georgia's fireplace screen7Sculpture, painting, prints19548Scene with figure9City Hall fountain196210Seattle Public Library design196011Kitchen square195712Aaron and Rosalie Gorfkle's Wine Wo [?] [illegible] and Lamp, Bellevue 196112John Graham chandelier195813Very large rolled layout for glass window141940s prints and drawings1942-1949

A Sketchbook titled "College misc work," 1942-1949.

3 prints for the Art student exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery, 1946.

1 framed silk screen print titled "Faith" for the Denver Art Museum 51st annual exhibition, July-August 1945.

15Seattle City Hall fountain1961-1962

Notes, measurements, and design plans for the Seattle City Hall fountain. Also includes a contract of services, signed by Alps and the superintendent of buildings.

16-19Prints and drawings

Layout plans, drafts, and sculpture designs for the Seattle City Hall fountain. Steps in developing silk-screen painting or serigraph, sketches, drawings, and prints promoting exhibitions for Glen Alps.