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Decision on the Ice Field.
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Item identifier
DSCF2234
Title
Decision
on the
Ice
Field
.
Source collection
UAA. Facilities campus art inventory
Description
Story
of
Work
: This
is
one
of
twenty-three
Fred
Machetanz
pieces
donated
to the
University
by
Key
Bank
Alaska
. The
print
is
signed
,
“471/950
F
.
Machetanz.”
Plaque
under
the
painting
states
: "
Decision
on the
Ice
Field
By
Fred
Machetanz
Collection
donated
by
Key
Bank
of
Alaska.
"
Artist
Background
:
Fred
Machetanz
was
born
in
Kenton
,
Ohio
in
1908
. He had his
first
trip
to
Alaska
in
1935
to
visit
his
uncle
in
Unalakleet
. He
earned
an
M.A
. in
art
from
Ohio
State
University
and
pursued
further
study
at the
Art
Institute
of
Chicago
and
later
served
as a
Naval
Intelligence
officer
in
World
War
II
. He had his
first
professional
success
as a
writer
and
illustrator
with his
wife
in a
series
of
adventure
books
and
soon
became
known
for his
lithographs
of
arctic
subjects
, and
took
them on a
tour
of the
Lower
48
states
. In his
lifetime
he
received
many
honors
such
as: in
1973
he was
awarded
an
Honorary
Doctorate
of
Fine-Arts
from the
University
of
Alaska
Anchorage
, and in
1977
he was
named
“Alaskan
of the
Year.”
Machetanz
died
at the
age
of
94
on
October
6
,
2002
. His
friend
and
representative
quoted
,
“It
is
definitely
the
passing
of an
era
up
here, as
Fred
was the
last
living
painter
who
could
paint
the
Romantic
period
of
Alaska’s
history
from
personal
experience
. He will
go
down
in
Alaskan
history
as a
great
fine-arts
painter
and also as a
great
historian.
"
Size
:
40
½
x
31
inches
(matted
and
framed)
Creator
Machetanz, Fred, 1908-2002
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Please contact UAA Facilities and Campus Services,
mailto:aymaint@uaa.alaska.edu
To cite this item
UAA. Facilities campus art inventory.
Item type
PhysicalObject (Prints)
Contact information
Please contact UAA Facilities and Campus Services,
mailto:aymaint@uaa.alaska.edu
Location of item
Commons
Acquisition date
2001
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