Sold at Auction: Ellen Henne Goodale

Ellen Henne Goodale, (American 1915 - 1991), was born in Seattle, Washington. Henne studied art at the Pittsburgh Art Institute, the Butler Institute in Youngstown, Ohio, and under artists Eliot O'Harra and Hana Meyercastle. She returned to Seattle and went to work as a designer in a neon sign shop where she met her husband artist Harvey B. Goodale. In 1943 the couple moved to Alaska where they lived in Ketchikan, Juneau and Haines, before settling in Anchorage. Henne showed her work at the famous Nugget Shop Gallery in Juneau along with fellow Alaskan artist Sydney Laurence. Henne is best known for her dog-team pictures and portraits of Native Alaskan's.