James Redmond (artist)

James Redmond
James Redmond (on the left), Henry Clausen, and Don Totten, outside the Art Students League of Los Angeles, date unknown (Hideo Date collection, Japanese American National Museum)
Born	James McKay Redmond (1901-09-14)September 14, 1901 Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States
Died	December 21, 1944(1944-12-21) (aged 43) Near Martelange, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
Burial place	Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Belgium
Other names	Jim Redmond
Occupations	Painter muralist printmaker art teacher
Years active	1926–1942

James McKay Redmond (September 14, 1901 – December 21, 1944) was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker active in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s. His prismatic colors and sinuous lines were admired by the critics of his day and his New Deal-era murals are considered particularly fine exemplars of the genre. A leader in the local art community, he succeeded his mentor Stanton MacDonald-Wright as a director of the progressive and influential Art Students League of Los Angeles and steered the organization through the Great Depression. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, and landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day with his battalion of combat engineers. Redmond was killed in action four days before Christmas 1944 during the German counteroffensive into the Ardennes Forest known as the Battle of the Bulge.