Kenneth Evett

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Kenneth Evett (1913-May 28, 2005), [1] also known as Kenneth Warnock Evett was an American artist.

He was born in Loveland, Colorado in 1913. [1]

He died in Ithaca, New York in 2005. [1] [2]

A number of post offices containing his murals are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with their significance being due to the murals. These include:

Evett also painted a series of three murals in the rotunda of the Nebraska State Capitol: The Labors of the Hand, The Labors of the Head and The Labors of the Heart.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kenneth Evett".
  2. "Noted watercolorist and Cornell art professor Kenneth Evett dies at 91". Cornell Chronicle. June 3, 2005.