James FitzGerald (artist)

James Herbert FitzGerald, born in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1910, died 1973,^[1] was a sculptor from the state of 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 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]

Selected works

• Department of Justice murals (with Boardman Robinson)^[2]
• Bas relief panels at the east portals of the Mount Baker Tunnel, Seattle,^[5] a designated Seattle landmark
• Fountain sculpture, Waterfront Park, Seattle^[6][7]
• Centennial Fountain, Marina Park, Kirkland, Washington^[8]
• Fountain of the Northwest, Intiman Theater at Seattle Center^[9]
• Tile mosaic, Washington State Law 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^[10][11][12]
• Rain Forest, located on the campus of Western Washington University

References

1. Biographical thumbnail, Smithsonian Institution, retrieved 2012-10-02
2. Oral history interview with James Herbert Fitzgerald and Margaret Tomkins, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1965-10-27, retrieved 2012-10-01
3. Historic Sites of the Washington State and Territorial Library: 1853 to the present, Washington Secretary of State, retrieved 2012-10-01
4. Margret Tomkins & James Fitzgerald, Martin-Zambito Fine Art, retrieved 2012-10-01
5. David Wilma (April 23, 2001), Seattle Landmarks: Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge and East Portals of the Mount Baker Tunnels (1940), HistoryLink
6. "James Fitzgerald", Pacific Coast Architecture Database, University of Washington, retrieved 2012-10-01
7. Woodridge, Sally B.; Roger Montgomery (1980). A Guide to Architecture in Washington State. University of Washington Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-295-95779-4.
8. Centennial Fountain (IAS WA000150), Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art inventories catalog
9. Fountain of the Northwest (IAS 75008690), Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art inventories catalog
10. "Final Scene", Princeton Alumni Weekly, September 14, 2011
11. Scudder Plaza Fountain (IAS NJ000204), Smithsonian American Art Museum/Art inventories catalog
12. "Fountain of Freedom". Campus Art at Princeton. Princeton Art Museum. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

External links

• Brief biography and example works