Madill, Oklahoma, WPA Mural 'Prairie Fire' by Ethel Magafan, 1941. (original) (raw)
Madill, Oklahoma
1941
Artist - Ethel Magafan
Location: Madill, Oklahoma current post office
Madill, Oklahoma WPA Mural �Prairie Fire" by Ethel Magafan
A tempera painting installed in 1941
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Artist:
Ethel Magafan
Ethel Magafan and her twin sister Jenne suppored themselves by mural commissions in the 1930s. Born in 1916, Jenne died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1952. Both women married artists and moved to the art colony in Woodstock, New York where they worked until their respective deaths, Ethel dying in 1993.
Ethel studied under muralist Frank Mechau and her work includes murals in Auburn, Nebraska (Threshing), Denver (Horse Corral) and Madill, Oklahoma (Prairie Fire). The sisters worked together and Jenne�s mural entitled Cowboy Dance (Anson, Texas) is on the short list of favorites of Texas� nearly ninety (original count) murals.
"Prairie Fire" (detail)
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"Prairie Fire" (detail)
TE photos, 2009
"Prairie Fire" (detail)
TE photos, 2009
"Prairie Fire" (detail)
TE photos, 2009
Artist Ethel Magafan's Signature
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Ethel Magafan at Palisades Reservoir Idaho
Courtesy US Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
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