Carl Roters
Carl George Roters (1898–1989) was an American artist.
Life
[edit]He was born in Brooklyn. He apprenticed with illustrator Edward A. Wilson. He lectured in Fine Arts at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
In 1938, he created a mural for Consolidated Edison at the New York World's Fair.[1] He was commissioned to do murals for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the Hotel Syracuse,[2] and the Marine Midland Trust Company, and Monmouth College. In 1946, he joined the faculty of Syracuse University.[3]
In 1954–1955, he won a competition to paint historic murals for the Jackson Lake Lodge In 1959, he installed the “Rendezvous Murals”, in the Jackson Lake Lodge.[4]
Roters spent summers in Jackson Hole until he retired from Syracuse University when he retired there.
Family
[edit]He was a partner of Nina Clemens Grabowitch, the last living descendant of Mark Twain.[5] In 1941, he married Ramona Morgan.
References
[edit]- ^ Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. April 1939.
- ^ Hardin, Evamaria (1993-02-01). Syracuse Landmarks: An AIA Guide to Downtown and Historic Neighborhoods. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-2599-5.
- ^ Barnes, Christine (2008). Great Lodges of the National Parks, Volume Two. Graphic Arts Books. ISBN 978-0-88240-737-1.
- ^ "The Mural Room - Jackson Lake Lodge". www.gtlc.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ LeMaster, J. R.; Wilson, James Darrell; Hamric, Christie Graves (1993). The Mark Twain Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8240-7212-4.
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