James Watrous
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James Scales Watrous (August 3, 1908 – 1999) was an American painter, muralist and educator born in Winfield, Kansas. He studied at the University of Wisconsin, where he also taught art history.
Works
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Lumberjack Fight on the Flambeau River (1938), mural for the United States Post Office in Park Falls, Wisconsin
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Study for Life in Grand Rapids and the Upper Mississippi (1940), mural for the post office in Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Art
Watrous painted The Story of Paul Bunyan, an egg tempera on gesso mural, consisting of nine 6′ tall panels, in 1935 with funds provided by the federal government. The mural is displayed in the Paul Bunyan Room at Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin[1]
Lumberjack Fight on the Flambeau River, an egg tempera mural, painted in 1938 inside the post office in Park Falls, Wisconsin, commissioned by the Section of Painting and Sculpture.[2]
Publications
- The Craft of Old-Master Drawings. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1957.
- A Century Of American Printmaking: 1880-1980. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984.
- with Andrew Stevens. American Color Woodcuts: Bounty from the Block, 1890s-1990s: A Century of Color Woodcuts. Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993.
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- Paul Bunyan murals
- Vilas Hall mural
- Memorial Library mosaic mural
- The Library mural
- Ancient Commerce and Contemporary Commerce mural
- Paul Bunyan, Big Boy of the North Woods, Poses for His Picture - Milwaukee Journal article about the Paul Bunyan murals
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- 1908 births
- 1999 deaths
- People from Winfield, Kansas
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
- Modern painters
- 20th-century American painters
- American male painters
- American muralists
- Artists from Kansas
- Artists from Wisconsin
- Public Works of Art Project artists
- Section of Painting and Sculpture artists
- 20th-century American male artists
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