Carl George Roters (1898–1989) was an American artist.
Life
editHe 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
editHe 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.