James Watrous
James Scales Watrous was an American painter, muralist and educator born in Winfield, Kansas. He studied at the University of Wisconsin, where he also taught art history.Works
Art
Watrous painted The Story of Paul Bunyan, an egg tempera on gesso mural, consisting of nine 6′ tall panels, in 1935 with funds provided by the federal government. The mural is displayed in the Paul Bunyan Room at Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Lumberjack Fight on the Flambeau River, an egg tempera mural, painted in 1938 inside the post office in Park Falls, Wisconsin, and funded through the New Deal's "Public Works of Art Project".Publications
