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Edgar Yaeger

A Detroit modernist known for Depression-era murals in Michigan's public buildings.

This artist's work is shown through the museum and artist links on this page while it remains under copyright or awaits a permission-cleared image.

Yaeger studied with Robert A. Herzberg at the Detroit School of Fine and Applied Arts. A traveling scholarship took him through eight European countries.

He is best known for murals made through the Michigan Federal Art Project and the WPA, with locations including West Quad at the University of Michigan and Detroit's Public Lighting Commission Building.