Allen Van Hoecke (1892-1970), Lived/Active: Washington, Oregon, Belgium

Miniature Monument
Carved pine.
Signed/carved at base: Allen Van Hoecke / Chehalis, WN
Inscribed (in pencil) underside: 1961 / Hours of Labor 148 / Washington, 1961
Over-all in fine condition with wear commensurate to age.
Provenance: From the collection of Katharine Pease, Los Angeles, California.
A carved folk art miniature monument featuring a dove, hearts, and crosses with the words “In God We Trust” and “Peace.”
Literature: George H. Meyer (ed), Museum of American Folk Art, Folk Artists Biographical Index, Gale Research Company, Detroit, MI, 1987, p. 272. Susan Larsen-Martin and Lauri Robert Martin, Pioneers in Paradise: Folk and Outsider Artists of the West Coast,  Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, 1984, p. 54.
Allen Van Hoecke was a Belgian immigrant and World War One veteran living near Seattle, Washington for most of his life. He worked at the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in Chehalis, Washington until the 1950s and later the Chehalis Packing Company. He carved wooden sculptures in his apartment in Chehalis, having been taught the art of wood carving by his father, who was a cabinet maker in Belgium.

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