James W. Washington, Jr.

James W. Washington Jr. (November 10, 1908 – June 7, 2000 ) was an American painter and sculptor prominent in the Seattle art community.

Life

Washington was born and raised in Gloster, Mississippi, a rural mill town in the Jim Crow South. He was one of six children of Baptist minister James Washington and his wife Lizzie. ). By the time he was 17, he had obtained his first Civil Service job; he worked for the federal government intermittently until his late 50s. His work also includes many references to Freemasonry and to biblical topics.