William Cumming (artist)

For other people named William Cumming, see William Cumming (disambiguation).
William Cumming
William Cumming, ca. 1984
Photo by Natalia Fobes/Seattle Times
Born
William Lee Cumming

(1917-03-24)March 24, 1917
Kalispell, Montana, U.S.
DiedNovember 22, 2010(2010-11-22) (aged 93)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Known forPainting

William Lee Cumming (March 24, 1917 – November 22, 2010)[1] was a noted 20th-century American artist, often associated with the Northwest School. A controversial figure - he was a hardcore Stalinist for a long period, was married seven times, and was generally outspoken and opinionated[2] - he eventually came to be respected as an important innovator and highly distinctive stylist in modern art, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.

  1. ^ Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2011.
  2. ^ Ament, Deloris Tarzan; Iridescent Light: The Emergence of Northwest Art; University of Washington Press, 2002