James Herbert FitzGerald (1910–1973) was an American sculptor from

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. He received a degree in architecture at University of Washington and worked at Spokane Art Center. He has been called " neof the

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's preeminent artists of isperiod", and "among the most innovative modern artists active in the Pacific Northwest." He was born and raised in Seattle, graduating from the

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in 1935. FitzGerald went on to study at

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in 1938, where he received a Carnegie Graduate Fellowship, and at the

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. He created works for the

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(TRAP) and the Department of Justice in the 1930s with

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; and worked on other

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art programs in Washington state. While he also studied as a painter, FitzGerald switched primarily to bronze sculpture in 1959 and became a well-known fountain designer. He established his own foundry in 1964. FitzGerald married Margaret Tomkins, a painter, and had three children.

Selected works

* Department of Justice murals (with

) *Bas relief panels at the east portals of the Mount Baker Tunnel, Seattle, a designated Seattle landmark *''

Waterfront Fountain ''Waterfront Fountain'' was an outdoor 1974 fountain and sculpture by James FitzGerald and Margaret Tomkins, installed along Alaskan Way in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. The fountain was located adjacent to the Seattle Aquarium at ...

'', Waterfront Park, Seattle *''

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'', Marina Park, Kirkland, Washington *''Fountain of the Northwest'',

Intiman Theater Intiman Theatre Festival in Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1972 as a resident theatre by Margaret "Megs" Booker, who named it for August Strindberg's Stockholm theater.

at Seattle Center *Tile mosaic,

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campus, Olympia, Washington *''Fountain of Freedom'' (aka Scudder Plaza Fountain),

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, Princeton University *''

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'', as part of the

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Brief biography and example works
1910 births 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors 1973 deaths Sculptors from Washington (state) Artists from Seattle University of Washington alumni People of the New Deal arts projects Federal Art Project artists Treasury Relief Art Project artists {{Washington-bio-stub

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