Val Laigo papers
name: label: Creator
content: Laigo, Val M., 1930-1992
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Topic
content: Asian American art
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content: Asian American artists
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content: Filipino American art
label: Topic
content: Filipino American artists
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content: Asian American painters
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content: Asian American muralists
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content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990 by Val Laigo and in 1994 and 1998 by his widow Austreberta Laigo.
creator: label: Creator
content: Laigo, Val M., 1930-1992
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Val Laigo (1930-1992) was a Filipino American painter based in Seattle, Washington. Val Laigo was born in Naguilian, La Union, in the Phillipines. His family moved to the United States in 1931 and to Seattle in 1941. Laigo's full name Valeriano Emerenciano Montante Laigo.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954-1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.laigval
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A resume; correspondence, 1954-1991, mainly regarding teaching positions at Seattle University and commissions; 7 sketches for mural projects; art inventories, 1970 and 1987; writings, including biographical notes, and a portion of his M.F.A. thesis "Hard Edge Variations," 1964; exhibition announcements; clippings; photographs of Laigo in his studio, Laigo with his paintings, and his family; 2 video tapes, 1990, taken by Marvin Herard of Laigo discussing his murals at the Seattle University Library.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION : A chronology; awards; clippings; magazine articles; writings; obituary; correspondence; and two video tapes, including Wing Luke Art Museum's January 29, 1994 Auction Honoring Val Laigo, and Seattle University Laigo Retrospective Show at the Kinsey Gallery, October 6 to November 19, 1992.