Eugene Francis Savage was an American painter and sculptor known for his murals in the manner made official under the Works Projects Administration. He also is known for his work on the Bailey Fountai
Island Feast, mural by Savage, Matson Navigation Company
Morning, the work with which Savage won the Rome Prize in painting.
Bailey Fountain, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, 1932
The Yale School of Art is the visual art school of Yale University, a private Ivy League research university located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1869 as the first professional fine arts scho
Eugene Savage
…a Fellow of the Academy. Later he received Bachelor of Arts (1924) and Master of Fine Arts from Yale University. Savage subsequently taught at the Yale School of Art and Architecture for twenty-eight years, where he was the Leffingwell Professor of Painting & Design. Savage's training in Early Renaissance techniques strongly influence…
Studio painting class, with both male and female students and a woman figure as a subject of study, circa 1905
Students taking a drawing course in Street Hall circa 1905
Green Hall, the school's main building since 1994
Sculptor and film director Matthew Barney (BA 1989)