Property Record
4811 TONYAWATHA TRL
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Aaron Bohrod Studio |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 238402 |
| Location (Address): | 4811 TONYAWATHA TRL |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Monona |
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| Year Built: | 1959 |
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| Additions: | 2004 |
| Survey Date: | 20192021 |
| Historic Use: | artist studio |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | Herb Fritz |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Schroeder-Bohrod House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/23/2023 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/18/2022 |
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| Additional Information: | Artist workshop associated with the Tudor Revival style Otto Schroeder house (AHI# 5597) on the same site. Artist Aaron Bohrod purchased the Schroeder house in 1959 and served as artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1948 to 1973. Bohrod studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received many awards for his early paintings, prints, and drawings. During World War II he was an artist correspondent for Life Magazine and the U.S. Department of Army. In 1948 he came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he developed a unique “trompe l’oeil” (fool the eye) technique whereby painted objects appear very realistic. The Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art all have Bohrod’s works in their collections. Bohrod added many fanciful nature images to the interior of the main house, including fish forms on the vestibule and bird forms on the kitchen cupboards. In 1959 Bohrod commissioned renowned Madison/Spring Green architect Herbert Fritz to design an art studio on the property, northeast of the main house, on top of an already existing free-standing four-bay garage built in 1933. This side-gable Contemporary Style studio features exterior walls clad in stucco, wood, and stone; distinctive inverted triangular window openings, as well as a wood-frame window wall on the north elevation; and four basement-level garage bays on the east elevation. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |