Bidspirit auction | William Dean Fausett (1913-1998)

William Dean Fausett (1913-1998) - DEAN FAUSETT (1913-1998) VERMONT MURALIST WATERCOLOR. William Dean Fausett (1913-1998) Untitled Third quarter of the 20th century. The composition of a campus like cluster of buildings in a rolling countryside is signed lower right. William Dean Fausett was an American muralist and easel painter first educated at Brigham Young University, then the Art Students League, and the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in New York. Early in his career, he worked as a mural assistant to his brother Lynn Fausett and the well-known muralist Hildreth Meiere, with whom he traveled abroad in 1935 to prepare studies for a church mural commission. From 1936 to 1939, he served as artist-in-residence at the Henry Street Settlement House, teaching art to underprivileged communities on New York's Lower East Side. He later directed and taught at the Herbert Institute of Art in Augusta, Georgia, and received his first mural commission from the United States Treasury Department while working in the South. He spent much of his career in Dorset, Vermont. His work has been represented in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The Museum of Modern Art, as well as numerous university, public, and private collections in the United States and Europe. Sight size measures 13.25 x 21 with a framed size of 20.75 x 28.5 inches. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house. Dimensions Sight size measures 13.25 x 21 with a framed size of 20.75 x 28.5 inches. Condition Apparently the condition is very good, very clean, intact, no visible stain, damage, repair, punctures or tears. This work has not been examined outside the frame.