A painter, printmaker, educator and designer, Fulwider was born in Bloomington, Indiana. His art studies included the John Herron Art School (in Indianapolis) where he studied under Henrik Mayer, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

In 1933, Fulwider spent time with Thomas Hart Benton while Benton was working on a large mural for the Chicago World’s Fair.
In 1936, Fulwider was awarded the Milliken Traveling Fellowship for travel and study abroad.
The following year, he visited England, Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Italy.
In 1938, he moved to Nashville (in Brown County, Indiana), established a studio and devoted his entire time to painting and printmaking.
In 1939, he was invited to exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco. The exhibited painting (“Deadhead”) was reproduced that year in Life Magazine.
In 1940, Fulwider accepted a position as an instructor of drawing, painting, and graphic art in the School of Fine Arts at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
During World War II, Fulwider was a supervisor of Technical publications at Wright-Patterson Field in Dayton, Ohio.
He taught at the John Herron Art School (1945-47) and at the Cornish School in Seattle (1945-49).
From 1949 to 1973, Fulwider was Professor of the Art Department at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), serving as Chairman of the Department from 1963 to 1968, retiring from Miami University in 1973.
While living for many years in the Northwest, he painted industrial images, landscapes and railroad scenes in Idaho, Washington and Oregon. He retired to the Pacific Northwest and spent his later years in Arizona.

Fulwider was the recipient of 22 awards. He exhibited at the Butler Art Institute, Art Institute of Chicago, John Herron Art Museum, Carnegie Institute, Cincinnati Art Museum, Dayton Art Museum, Indiana University, Seattle Museum of Art, the Hoosier Salon, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, Speed Art Museum and many other professional venues. His works are included in numerous museums and corporate art collections.

“Station Agent”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Dated 1940. Edition of 14.

“Guardian”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Dated 1941. Edition of 30.

“Prospector’s Return #1”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

1945. Edition of 15

“At the Water Tank”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Dated 1946. Edition of 15.

“Brass Hats”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
1946. Signed lower right. Edition of 15

Dated 1946. Edition of 15

“Reverie #1”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
1946. Signed lower right. Edition of 15.

Dated 1946. Edition of 15

“Caboose Window”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
1949. Signed lower right. Edition of 15

“Dockside Seattle”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
Dated 1941. Edition of 30

“Empire Builders”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
Dated 1941. Edition of 30

“Gandy Dancers”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
Dated 1939. Edition of 25

“Juice Jack”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
1949. Signed lower right. Edition of 2

“Start-Up”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
Circa 1949. Signed

“Port of Seattle”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
Dated 1951. Edition of 25

“Along the Tracks”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
1953. Signed lower right. Edition of 15 to 20.
Estate #317

“Semaphores”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
Dated 1953. Edition of 25

“Fast Express”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)
Dated 1977. Edition of 25

“Neah Bay, Washington”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Dated 1984. Edition of 30

“Railroad Symbols”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

1988. Signed lower right. Edition of 3

“Deadhead”

Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

1939. Unsigned. Estate stamped. Small edition.
(Used as Cover of Fulwider Book)

“Michigan Avenue Draw Bridge”
Edwin Fulwider (Am 1913-2003)

SLR, edition of 75, 1955
EF# 335  EF Cat# 78

“Trestles of Ophir”
Edwin Fulwider (Am 1913-2003)

Ophir, Colorado, SLR,
edition of 30, 1949

“Idaho Side Track”
Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Signed lower right.
Framed – Ref #8904

Sidelined
#399
Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Circa 1949. Signed lower right.

The Union Pacific – 4000 Class Locomotive
Startup at Stevens Pass, Washington, #8702
Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Signed lower right.

Caboose Window
Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Signed.

Ghost of Ophir
#047
Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Circa 1950. Signed lower center.

Abstract Composition
#8907
Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Signed lower right.

Plowing Through
Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Signed lower left.

Additionally,
“The Graphic Works of Edwin Fulwider, A Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints”
can now be ordered from Covington Fine Arts Gallery. 

Spacial Relationships
#8617
Edwin Fulwider (American 1913-2003)

Signed lower left.

Additionally,
“The Graphic Works of Edwin Fulwider, A Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints”
can now be ordered from Covington Fine Arts Gallery.