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William Dean Fausett (July 4, 1913 – December 13, 1998) was an American painter. Dean Fausett was born in Price, Utah, in 1913. He studied at Brigham Young University, Art Students League,〔McGlauflin, ed., ‘’Who’s Who in American Art 1938-1939” vol.2, The American Federation of Arts,Washington D.C., 1937〕 the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and Eastern Illinois University. He is well known for his spectacular paintings of the American West. He is the recipient of the Carnegie International Prize, and his works are featured in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the New York City Museum of Fine Art. His 1939 mural ''The British Come to See Augusta'', commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the post office in Augusta, Georgia is currently in storage at the Augusta Museum of Art. His post office mural in Rosenberg, Texas, ''LaSalle's Last Expedition'' was destroyed.〔Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1984〕 He was President of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1979 to 1984.〔http://nationalsocietyofmuralpainters.com〕 Fausett's brother, Lynn Fausett, was also a painter. Fausett died in 1998. ==References== *(Biography ) * http://www.mormonartistsgroup.com/Mormon_Artists_Group/William_Dean_Fausett.html 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dean Fausett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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