Helen Loggie

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Helen Amanda Loggie (1895, Bellingham, Washington - 1976) was a U.S. artist, primarily known for her etchings of trees and coastlines of the Pacific Northwest. [1]

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Life

Loggie attended Smith College in Massachusetts for two years. Between 1916 and 1924, she studied at the Art Students League of New York, enrolling in her first formal classes in drawing and painting with the intention of becoming a portrait painter. While at the Arts Students League she studied with George Luks and Robert Henri and began to develop a style which rejected such modernist themes as those trumpeted by the Ashcan School. She toured Europe in 1926-27 where she made an extensive body of sketches and paintings. Upon returning to New York, Loggie undertook private study with prominent etcher and printer John Taylor Arms, beginning a 25-year collaboration.

In 1930, Loggie returned to Bellingham permanently. She built a house on the shores of Eastsound, Orcas Island. [2] There, she immersed herself in the rugged landscape around her and fully expressed the artistic vision that had been maturing within. Loggie’s small, highly-detailed pencil drawings and etchings reflect her deep commitment, determination and skill in capturing the beauty she saw in nature.

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions

One-person exhibitions

Representation in permanent collections

Major prizes and recognition

Helen Loggie’s archives, consisting of numerous prints and drawings, reside in the collection at the Western Gallery of Art at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.

As of 2020, a comprehensive collection of Loggie's work, including ephemera, drawings, etchings, pastels and oils are on exhibit at the Helen Loggie Museum of Art in Bellingham, Washington. The Museum is housed in the former Territorial Courthouse, built in 1858 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest masonry building in Washington state. [3] [4] The Museum is privately held.

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