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DM
Dark Mesa
1944 · Watercolor on paper
23 × 29 in. (58.4 × 73.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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William Dean Fausett
American, 1913–1998
WA-00048023
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3
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5
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3
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- AicTier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
About
Why this artist matters now
William Dean Fausett was an American painter. His career spanned over six decades. He painted notable figures like Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Grandma Moses, Ezra Taft Benson, and Sir Alexander Fleming. His brother Lynn Fausett was also a painter. Fausett also purchased the historic house of Cephas Kent, Jr. in Dorset, Vermont and was instrumental in it the forming of the Kent Neighborhood Historic District.
Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago
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3 published of 3 catalogued · 1 with image
- Cleveland Museum of Art1 published
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
- The Met1 published
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- 1933 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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Brigham Young University
Visual Arts
Eastern Illinois University
Visual Arts
Art Students League of New York
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