Title: Untitled
Object Name: Drawing
Object ID: 2009.026.068 b
Creator: Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist
Description: Drawing, untitled, by George C. Soule (1914-2008). Pencil, ink, and watercolor on paper. Three studies for a mural, Manchester, NH. Horizontal rectangle. Top drawing illustrates five periods in history, in pencil, ink, and gray watercolor. Below are two rough pencil sketches. Unsigned. Unframed.
Material: Paper
Dimensions: H-10.95 W-8.511 inches
Provenance: George C. Soule (1914-2008) of Manchester, NH, was an artist with the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, 1935-1937. He was assigned to draw portraits of CCC workers and to document camp life in the 118th Company, CCC, East Jaffrey, NH. He later worked as an artist with the WPA until 1942, and then as a draftsman at the Manchester Army Air Base. He studied art at Yale and became an architect in Manchester. He operated the firm of Soule & Associates from the 1950s through the 1980s. He designed schools, churches, houses, and a wide variety of commercial buildings in southern NH and southern New England. The collection was donated by the children of George Soule.
Credit Line: Gift of Patricia, Cynthia, and Peter Soule
People:
Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
Subjects:
Murals