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1901 Kearney, Nebraska - 1982 Denver, Colorado. Known for: Mural and landscape painting, sculpture.
Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by... Read full biography
Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by the social-realist style of the Mexican muralists including Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, and David... Read full biography
Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by the social-realist style of the Mexican muralists including Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, and David Siqueiros. Britton was born in Kearney, Nebraska and studied at the University of Iowa and with Grand Wood from 1920 to 1924. His reputation was established during the Depression years when he did... Read full biography
Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by the social-realist style of the Mexican muralists including Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, and David Siqueiros. Britton was born in Kearney, Nebraska and studied at the University of Iowa and with Grand Wood from 1920 to 1924. His reputation was established during the Depression years when he did numerous paintings and murals for the Federal Art Project including serving as Director from 1940 to 1941 of the mural division of the Illinois Art Project. His fresco work, completed for the Works Progress Administration, is in the Waterloo, Iowa Post... Read full biography
Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by the social-realist style of the Mexican muralists including Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, and David Siqueiros. Britton was born in Kearney, Nebraska and studied at the University of Iowa and with Grand Wood from 1920 to 1924. His reputation was established during the Depression years when he did numerous paintings and murals for the Federal Art Project including serving as Director from 1940 to 1941 of the mural division of the Illinois Art Project. His fresco work, completed for the Works Progress Administration, is in the Waterloo, Iowa Post Office; and Chicago Heights, Illinois at Bloom High School. On June 3, 1982, it was named the first high school... Read full biography
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About Edgar Britton: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (10)
All MuseumsDenver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue
Kearney, NE 68847National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300The Lightner Museum
75 King Street
St. Augustine, FL 32084The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
1849 C Street N.W.
MS 1251-MIB
Washington, DC 20240Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271