Texas Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
Introduction
This section of the Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in American Art is devoted to the topic "Texas Art History." Articles and essays specific to this topic published in TFAO's Resource Library are listed at the beginning of the section. Clicking on titles takes readers directly to the articles and essays.
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Left to right: Frank Reaugh, North Fork of the Red River, 1914, oil on canvas, 16.25 x 32 inches, 1999.2; Julian Onderdonk, In the Truck Gardens of San Antonio, 1912, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 23.5 inches, 1997.16; Hale Bolton, Texas Sunset, c. 1920, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, 1998.4; Franz Strahalm, Palo Duro Canyon, c. 1920, oil on canvas, 26 x 30 inches, 1999.3. Collection of The State Preservation Board, Austin, Texas.
Images are from Resource Library article Texas State Capitol Historical Art Collection. Click on the thumbnail images for enlargements
Texts contained in Resource Library by named authors listed by author name in alphabetical order:
Picturing Palo Duro by Michael Grauer
Texas Impressionism: Branding with Brushstroke and Color, 1885-1935 by Michael Grauer
Introduction from "Celebrating America: Masterworks from Texas Collections" by Jane Myers and Barbara McCandless
The Amarillo High School Art Collection, by Graziella Marchicelli
Left to right: Julius Stockfleth, Chas. Clarke, 1900, oil on canvas, 20 x 32 inches, 1998.20; Gean Smith, Wildfire, 1915, oil on canvas, 30 x 39 inches, 1996.3; Louis Eyth, Ranger Encampment, c. 1880s, oil on canvas, 18 x 30 inches, 1997.7; Unknown, The Hunt, 1800, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 95.5 inches, 1989.374
Images are from Resource Library article Texas State Capitol Historical Art Collection. Click on the thumbnail images for enlargements
Articles contained in Resource Library without named authors listed by article name in alphabetical order:
Crossing State Lines: Texas Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Eyes of Texas - the Lone Star State as Seen by Her Artists
Lone Star Legacy: The Barrett Collection of Early Texas Art
The Pictures of Texas Monthly: Twenty-five Years
Texas State Capitol Historical Art Collection
(above: Vera Bock, Work Pays America! Prosperity, c. 1936-1941, WPA Federal Art Project. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, WPA Poster Collection, POS-WPA-NY.B635, no. 12)
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