Ezra Winter
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| Born | Ezra Augustus Winter March 10, 1886 Muralist |
Ezra Augustus Winter (March 10, 1886 – April 6, 1949)[1] was a prominent American muralist.
Biography
Winter was born in
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in 1908, and the American Academy in Rome in 1914. Winter became extremely successful and commanded high prices for his work. In 1924 he taught at the Grand Central School of Art
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Winter studied art at the
National Institute of Arts and Letters. His papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[2]
While painting one of his murals, Ezra Winter took a step back, forgetting the extreme height at which he was at, and fell. He suffered from a broken and compacted tailbone. After this he was unable to paint because of an unsteady hand and pain because of the accident. Winter killed himself in 1949 with a shotgun near his Connecticut studio at the age of 63.[3]
Works
His work includes:
- Fountain of Youth mural at the Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center
- the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, Indiana
- the Rochester Savings Bank in Rochester, New York
- wall murals James Monroe High School in Rochester, New York
- trading floor murals for the New York Cotton Exchange, New York City, for architect Donn Barber, 1923 [4]
- a spectacular six-story banking hall mural for the Guardian Building, and work for the Buhl Building, both in Detroit and both for architect Wirt C. Rowland
- numerous murals at the Birmingham Public Library in Birmingham, Alabama
- Canterbury Tales murals, Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.
- Murals in Willard Straight Hall lobby, Cornell University, 1926. The murals depict representations of virtues including chivalry, adventure, diplomacy, creativity, and optimism.[5]
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
Winter did seven murals at the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park.
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Murals to the left -
Statue and murals in the center -
Murals to the right
References
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- ^ Thomas E. Luebke, ed., Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 557.
- ^ "Ezra Winter Kills Self; Internationally Known Painter of Murals". Evening star. (Washington, D.C.). Associated Press. 1949-04-08. p. A30. Retrieved 2022-03-10 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
- ^ Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain, by Barbara S. Christen, Steven Flanders, page 225
- ^ Saulnier, Beth (November 2018). "Straight Ahead". Cornell Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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