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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


Lumberjack Fight on the Flambeau River (1938), mural for the United States Post Office in Park Falls, Wisconsin
Lumberjack Fight on the Flambeau River (1938), mural for the United States Post Office in Park Falls, Wisconsin
Study for Life in Grand Rapids and the Upper Mississippi (1940), mural for the post office in Grand Rapids, Minnesota
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



References


  1. McGlauflin, ed., Who’s Who in American Art 1938-1939 vol.2, Washington D.C.: American Federation of Arts, 1937.
  2. "Post Office Mural - Park Falls WI".





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