PNCA Remembers Faculty Emeriti Douglas Lynch
April 21, 2009
Pacific Northwest College of Art mourns the loss of one of its influential faculty members and one of Oregon’s great artists and arts educators—Douglas Lynch—the designer of the Portland city flag and a Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist who designed and created The Timberline Lodge’s legendary linoleum carved murals.
In 1946, Doug Lynch was hired to develop and establish a program of study in graphic and commercial design at PNCA (then known as the Museum Art School). He taught in the commercial design department at the College for 30 years—which has evolved over the decades into what is now the College’s Communication Design program.
PNCA faculty emeriti, Doug Lynch led a remarkably creative life and influenced the creative lives of many of the region’s top designers and artists. Many in the city’s creative industries can trace their design lineage back through Doug Lynch and PNCA’s design department.
Read the “Oregonian article”:http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1240275309217940.xml&coll=7.
Caption: PNCA faculty emeriti Douglas Lynch with the Portland city flag. Photo courtesy of Fritz Liedtke.