Untitled 282

Image of Artwork

Artwork Information

Artist:

Leroy Setziol

Date:

Unknown

Media:

Wood Carving, Black Walnut

Size:

19" x 13½" x 2"

Location:

Bauer Hall (BHL), Main Floor Hallway between Rooms 127 and 126

Artist Information:

Leroy Setziol (1915-2005) produced over 1,000 wood carvings before he died in 2005. His work is memorialized with two major art museum exhibitions and a 35-minute documentary. By the time he got the commission to produce the carvings at Salishan Lodge in 1965 he was reasonably well known but still a struggling artist. He usually worked on a large scale with noted architects. His works can still be seen at Skamania Lodge, the entry to the chapel at the University of Portland and many other places. —Oregon Carvers

Artwork Description:

Carved panel with abstract shapes on the right and a abstracted face with large circle eyes and a small mouth or nose. Incised initials (LRS) on top.

Acquisition Information:

Gift from Eugene Seidel in 2012.
Gene is fondly remembered by family and friends for his love of people, gentility of manner and deep sense of civic duty, which found expression in community service. A few examples are membership on the Clark County Board of Adjustment for 10 years and as chair or vice-chair for six, on many local structures such as the Mayor's Advisory Committee for Camas and regional bodies for the planning of health delivery and community services, such as the Clark County Comprehensive Health Planning Committee and the Washington State Health Coordinating Council. He also was an advocate and supporter of Clark College's Child and Family Studies Program and expressed his love of art, architecture and gardens through designing several homes and helping establish the nature trail at the Indian Summer Golf Course, which is named after him and the Harmony Garden therapeutic horticultural program at Willamette View. —Oregonian

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