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Name
  
James FitzGerald

Role
  
Artist

Died
  
1973


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James Herbert FitzGerald, born in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1910, died 1973, was a sculptor from the state of Washington. He received a degree in architecture at University of Washington and worked at Spokane Art Center. He has been called "[one] of the Pacific Northwest's preeminent artists of [his] period", and "among the most innovative modern artists active in the Pacific Northwest."

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James FitzGerald (artist) James Fitzgerald in Maine at the Portland Museum of Art

He created works for the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) and the Department of Justice in the 1930s with Boardman Robinson; and worked on other Works Progress Administration art programs in Washington state.

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Selected works

  • Department of Justice murals (with Boardman Robinson)
  • Bas relief panels at the east portals of the Mount Baker Tunnel, Seattle, a designated Seattle landmark
  • Fountain sculpture, Waterfront Park, Seattle
  • Centennial Fountain, Marina Park, Kirkland, Washington
  • Fountain of the Northwest, Intiman Theater at Seattle Center
  • Tile mosaic, Washington State Library, Washington State Capitol campus, Olympia, Washington
  • Fountain of Freedom (aka Scudder Plaza Fountain), Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
  • Rain Forest, located on the campus of Western Washington University
  • References

    James FitzGerald (artist) Wikipedia