biographie de Helmi Dagmar JUVONEN (1903-1985)

Birth place: Butte, MT

Death place: McCleary, WA

Addresses: Seattle, WA

Profession: Painter, printmaker, illustrator

Studied: E. Ziegler; Cornish Art School, Seattle (2 scholarships); with Paul Reese, Emilio Amero, Hiram Chittenden.

Exhibited: SAM, 1946; locally in the 1970s-80s; Frye Museum, Seattle, 1976 (retrospective)

Member: Artists Equity Assoc., Seattle, 1952

Comments: Specialty: Northwest coast Native Americans, birds. She was strongly influenced by Morris Graves (see entry) and Mark Tobey (see entry) and signed her work Helmi." Position: drawing specialist, Boeing Aircraft Co., during WWII.

Sources: Trip and Cook, Washington State Art and Artists. "