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American sculptor
James Herbert FitzGerald (1910–1973)
[1] was an American sculptor from
Seattle ,
Washington . He received a degree in architecture at University of Washington and worked at
Spokane Art Center .
[2] He has been called "[one] of the
Pacific Northwest 's preeminent artists of [his] period",
[3] and "among the most innovative modern artists active in the Pacific Northwest."
[4]
He was born and raised in Seattle, graduating from the
University of Washington in 1935. FitzGerald went on to study at
Yale University in 1938, where he received a
Carnegie Graduate Fellowship , and at the
Kansas City Art Institute .
[5] 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.
[2] While he also studied as a painter, FitzGerald switched primarily to bronze sculpture in 1959 and became a well-known fountain designer. He established his own foundry in 1964.
[5]
FitzGerald married
Margaret Tomkins , a painter, and had three children.
[5]
[6]
Selected works
Department of Justice murals (with
Boardman Robinson )
[2]
Bas relief panels at the east portals of the
Mount Baker Tunnel , Seattle,
[7] a
designated Seattle landmark
Waterfront Fountain ,
Waterfront Park , Seattle
[8]
[9]
Centennial Fountain , Marina Park, Kirkland, Washington
[10]
Fountain of the Northwest ,
Intiman Theatre at Seattle Center
[11]
Tile mosaic,
Washington State Library ,
Washington State Capitol campus, Olympia, Washington
[3]
Fountain of Freedom (aka Scudder Plaza Fountain),
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs , Princeton University
[12]
[13]
[14]
Rain Forest , as part of the
Western Washington University Public Sculpture Collection
References
^
Biographical thumbnail ,
Smithsonian Institution , retrieved October 2, 2012
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a
b
c
Oral history interview with James Herbert Fitzgerald and Margaret Tomkins , Archives of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution , October 27, 1965, retrieved October 1, 2012
^
a
b
Historic Sites of the Washington State and Territorial Library: 1853 to the present , Washington Secretary of State, retrieved October 1, 2012
^
Margret Tomkins & James Fitzgerald , Martin-Zambito Fine Art, archived from
the original on September 4, 2012, retrieved October 1, 2012
^
a
b
c "James FitzGerald, Seattle sculptor, dies". The Seattle Times . October 9, 1973. p. D14.
^ Farr, Sheila (March 22, 2002).
"Outspoken Seattle painter Margaret Tomkins dies" . The Seattle Times . p. B1. Retrieved February 17, 2019 .
^ David Wilma (April 23, 2001),
"Seattle Landmarks: Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge and East Portals of the Mount Baker Tunnels (1940)" ,
HistoryLink , Seattle: History Ink
^
"James Fitzgerald" , Pacific Coast Architecture Database , University of Washington, retrieved October 1, 2012
^ Woodridge, Sally B.; Roger Montgomery (1980). A Guide to Architecture in Washington State . University of Washington Press. p. 133.
ISBN
0-295-95779-4 .
^
Centennial Fountain (IAS WA000150) , Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art inventories catalog
^
Fountain of the Northwest (IAS 75008690) , Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art inventories catalog
^
"Final Scene" , Princeton Alumni Weekly , September 14, 2011
^
Scudder Plaza Fountain (IAS NJ000204) , Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art inventories catalog
^
"Fountain of Freedom" . Campus Art at Princeton . Princeton Art Museum. Retrieved August 11, 2016 .
Further reading
External links
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