Jacob Elshin

Jacob Alexander Elshin (December 30, 1892^[2] – 1976) was an American artist. Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia,^[3] he served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army, and may have been a student at the St. Petersburg Academy. He arrived in Seattle in 1923 where he was described as a "straight pictorialist".^[4] His art was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, where he worked with Mark Tobey, Helmi Juvonen, and others.^[5] He also provided services to the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture.^[6] Elshin socialized with other artists at the Chinese Art Club.^[7] He died in Seattle in 1976.^[3]

Jacob Elshin, Miners at Work (1938), commissioned by the Section of Painting and Sculpture for the post office in Renton, Washington^[1]