Joseph Kimmel
With Empty Hands
Date: ca. 1940
Medium: Lithograph
Inscription: “With Empty Hands, 5/6,” lower left margin; “Joseph Kimmel,” lower right margin
Subjects: man and Chair
Provenance: Gift of Robert O. Engard, 1982
Collection Number: 3600.1
Joseph Kimmel, pictured on the left in a photograph taken at the Spokane Art Center, began drawing at the age of eight. Attending high school in Spokane, Washington, he cartooned for the Lewis & Clark Journal and later studied cartooning and art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago. He studied painting in France and Italy and at Columbia University with Andre Ihote, Mariam Roberts, and Don Kingman. Stationed in Africa and Italy during three years of World War II service, he found time to draw, paint watercolors, and draw cartoons for the Stars and Stripes in Naples.
Serving for nearly 25 years as the Art Director of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in Washington D.C., he was in change of nearly all graphics. He spent three years on the art staff of Fortune Magazine and drew cartoons and other art for the Portland Oregonian and The Spokesman-Review in Spokane. While working at The Spokesman-Review, Kimmel attended the Spokane Art Center and studied lithography. The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture owns eight lithographs by Joseph Kimmel.
Sources: Joseph Kimmel, Life and Times of Joe Kimmel, Collection records, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane.
Blues Singer
Date: ca. 1940
Medium: Lithograph
Inscription: "Blues Singer, 1/6," lower left margin; "Joseph Kimmel ," lower right margin
Subjects: woman, figurative, man, and singer
Provenance: Gift of Mr. Robert O. Engard, 1982
Collection Number: 3600.7
Helen
Date: c. 1935
Medium: Lithograph
Inscription: “Helen, 1/5,” lower left margin; “Joseph Kimmel,” lower right margin
Subjects: woman and figurative
Provenance: Gift of Mr. Robert O. Engard, 1982
Collection Number: 3600.5
Intercepted Pass
Date: ca. 1940
Medium: Lithograph
Inscription: “Intercepted Pass, 7/7,” lower left margin; “Joseph Kimmel,” lower right margin
Subjects: man, figurative, and football
Provenance: Gift of Mr. Robert O. Engard, 1982
Collection Number: 3600.4
Poker Players
Medium: Lithograph
Inscription: "Poker Players, 5/8," lower left margin; "Joseph Kimmel," lower right margin
Subjects: man, figurative, and poker
Provenance: Gift of Mr. Robert O. Engard, 1982
Collection Number: 3600.2
The Family
Date: ca. 1940
Medium: Lithograph
Inscription: “The Family, 4/6,"” lower left margin; “Joseph Kimmel,” lower right margin
Subjects: family and figurative
Provenance: Gift of Mr. Robert O. Engard, 1982
Collection Number: 3600.3
With Empty Hands
Date: ca. 1940
Medium: Lithograph
Inscription: “With Empty Hands, 5/6,” lower left margin; “Joseph Kimmel,” lower right margin
Subjects: man and Chair
Provenance: Gift of Robert O. Engard, 1982
Collection Number: 3600.1