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A long-time faculty member at San Jose State University, he combined scholarly pursuits, teaching and administration with painting and drawing. He works primarily in watercolor but also paints with oil and acrylic in a style combining impressionism and realism.

Warren Faus was born in Ismay, Montana and loved drawing as a child, getting his first lessons from a local self-taught cowboy artist who worked at a nearby ranch. He later attended the Minneapolis Institute of Art and went on to graduate with honors from Montana State University in 1942 followed by an M.A. from Stanford University in 1954. He also pursued graduate studies at the University of Hawaii and the Honolulu Academy of Art from 1958 to 1959.

Much of World War II, he spent in the South Pacific and after the conclusion of his service, joined the art faculty at San Jose State University. There he served continuously for almost thirty years, as professor of art and Asian Art history, chair of the Art department from 1960 to 1967, and as Dean of the School of Humanities and Arts until the time of his retirement.

While in Japan during the War, he developed a strong interest in Japanese art and architecture, which he later studied at Stanford and the University of Hawaii. He then persuaded the San Jose State administration to institute an Asian art history class, which had never before been offered at that University.

Following his retirement in 1974, he and his wife moved to Belvedere, California. He has been active at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco as a member of the Asian Art Commission, the governing board appointed by Mayor Dianne Feinstein. He also served as Chairman of the Commission.

He currently (1999) is on the advisory council of the Marin Society of Artists, and is actively painting and drawing landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. His paintings have been shown in group exhibitions and one-man shows in California at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga, Stanford University, San Jose State University, the Marin Society of Artists, and the Palace of the Legion of Honor. In Montana, his work has been exhibited at Montana State University. His paintings are in many private collections including that of Audrey Jones Beck in Houston, Texas.