Edgar Yaeger was a prolific painter for the Michigan FAP, completing both easel paintings and several major mural commissions in the Detroit area. Educated at the Detroit School of Fine and Applied Arts, he traveled and studied in Europe and then returned to Michigan. His style, a combination of Cubist structuring and American Scene representation, is one of pleasing color harmonies and stylized patterns that was well suited for public murals. As a result, Yaeger's work was in great demand by institutions sponsoring WPA art. He completed murals for Detroit's Brodhead Armory, Detroit Public Lighting Commission Building (building destroyed), Grosse Pointe South High School, West Quad Dormitory at the University of Michigan and other buildings. Yaeger worked in illustration, automotive design, taught painting and designed stage sets. The Kresge Art Museum has 88 works by Yaeger, including many preliminary sketches of his WPA murals.
Biography courtesy of Roughton Galleries, www.antiquesandfineart.com/roughton
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