JAMES RUSSELL SHERMAN (1906-1989) "Winter." Study for an unidentified mural, 1951. Watercolor on paper. 5 3/4 x 13 inches. Signed and dated "Sherman - '51" in lower left image. Title inscribed on mat.
Born in Iowa and rasied in Colorado, James Russell Sherman would find his way to the Kansas City Art Institute, and eventually the Art Students League in New York City. At the League he was a student of legendary painter and muralist, Thomas Hart Benton.
