Ezra Winter
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Ezra Augustus Winter (1886-1949) was an American muralist.
Winter was born in Traverse City, Michigan, trained at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in 1908, and the American Academy in Rome in 1914. Winter became extremely successful and commanded high prices for his work. In 1924 he taught at the Grand Central School of Art.
While painting one of his murals, Ezra Winter took a step back, forgetting the extreme height at which he was at, and fell. He suffered from a broken and compacted tailbone. After this he was unable to paint because he of an unsteady hand and pain because of the accident. Winter killed himself in 1949 with a shotgun near his Connecticut studio at the age of 63.
His work includes:
- Fountain of Youth mural at the Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center
- the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, Indiana
- the Rochester Savings Bank in Rochester, New York
- wall murals James Monroe High School in Rochester, New York
- a spectacular six-story banking hall mural for the Guardian Building, and work for the Buhl Building, both in Detroit and both for architect Wirt C. Rowland
- numerous murals at the Birmingham Public Library in Birmingham, Alabama
- Canterbury Tales Mural, Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.
