James Watrous papers
name: label: Creator
content: Watrous, James, 1908-
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury
label: Names
content: Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979
label: Names
content: Ballator, John R., 1909-
label: Names
content: Bergman, Frank
label: Names
content: Moya del Pino, José, 1891-1969
label: Names
content: Sample, Paul, 1896-1974
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Wisconsin -- Madison
label: Occupation
content: Muralists
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Wisconsin -- Madison
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1966 by James Watrous.
creator: label: Creator
content: Watrous, James, 1908-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, mural painter, art historian; Madison, Wisc. Full name is James Scales Watrous.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1933-1966]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.watrjame
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 839-840 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Research and teaching files relating to murals, painted ca. 1933-1966, many for the Public Works of Art Project and Department of the Treasury, and muralists, consisting mainly of two-card indexes listing murals by city and by artist; miscellaneous files on more than 50 artists, many of whom are muralists; a seminar paper by Watrous, "Nineteenth Century Criticism of Degas"; and photographs of murals by Victor Arnautoff, Frank Bergman, John Ballator, Jose Moya Del Pino, and Paul Sample.