Edgar Britton (1901-1982) was an American painter, muralist and sculptor born in

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. He moved to

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where he studied and worked with Edgar Miller. There he began painting murals, many as WPA projects. For reasons of his health he relocated to Colorado in the early 1940s where he taught at the

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (FAC) is an arts center located just north of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. Located on the same city block are the American Numismatic Association and part of the campus of Colorado ...

until 1951.

Gallery

File:Edgar Britton, Orpheus and Eurydice, 1950 (?).jpg, ''Orpheus and Eurydice'', c. 1950, Colorado Springs, Colorado File:Mural- Petroleum Industry - Production, by Edgar Britton at the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C LCCN2013634346.tif, ''Petroleum Industry - Production'', mural, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1939 File:Mural- Petroleum Industry - Distribution & Use, by Edgar Britton at the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C LCCN2013634345.tif, ''Petroleum Industry - Distribution & Use'', mural, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1939 File:Bloom High School Zol87 front right 4980746453.jpg, Art Deco frescoes by Britton at front entrance of Bloom High School, Chicago Heights, Illinois, 1935

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Britton, Edgar 1901 births 1982 deaths Modern painters 20th-century American painters American male painters American muralists Artists from Colorado Federal Art Project artists People from Kearney, Nebraska 20th-century American male artists