Eustace Paul Ziegler

Known for capturing in his painting the spirit of the early twentieth-century Alaskan frontier, Eustace Ziegler became one of the most celebrated painters of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest from its gold-rush period to statehood in 1959.  He was one of the first artists from the United States to arrive in Alaska and “was able to depict the ‘Old Alaska’ and the men who had pioneered the opening of the territory.” (Zellman 777).

Ziegler was born in Detroit, Michigan, and was the son of an Episcopal rector and became a minister himself although he had early determination to be an artist.