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Ezra Winter (1886-1949) was a prominent muralist, illustrator, and painter based in Falls Village, Connecticut. Winter was born in Traverse City, Michigan and would pursue training in art; in 1908 he trained at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and at the American Academy of Rome in 1914. Throughout his training Winter gravitated towards murals. His best-known works include The Canterbury Tales at the Library of Congress and Fountain of Youth located in the foyer of Radio City Music Hall. Winter was associated with the National Society of Mural Painters, the Architectural League of New York, the US Commission of Fine Arts, and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Throughout his career Winter also completed works for the US Supreme Court Building, the US Chamber of Commerce, the University of Rochester and Eastman School of Music, and a six-story work for the Guardian Building in Detroit. During World War 1, Winter was a designer for the US Shipping Board. Later in his career Winter taught at the Grand Central School of Art and maintained a studio in Falls Village, Connecticut. While painting a mural Winter fell which resulted in a broken and compacted tailbone. Due to his injuries Winter was unable to continue painting. In 1949 he ended his own life near his Connecticut studio at the age of 63.
