Twentieth Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition catalogue

Dallas Museum of Art Ubrary

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THE

ANNUAL TEXAS PAINTING

AND SCULPTURE tXHIBIT, 1958 SPONSORED BY Dallas Museum of Fine Arts-Museum of Fine Arts of Houston-The San Antonio Art League ALSO EXHIBITING: Beaumont Art Museum-Texas Fine Arts Association-San Angelo Art Club

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th TEXAS ANNUAL Assembled by the DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS for the STATE FAIR OF TEXAS EXHIBITION CALENDAR Dallas Museum of Fine Arts October 4 through November 16, 1958 The San Antonio Art League, Witte Memorial Museum November 30 through December 28, 1958 Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Gallery, Austin January 5 through February I, 1959 Beaumont Art Museum February 8 through March 1, 1959 San Angelo Art Club March 8 through 29, 1959 Museum of Fine Arts of Houston April 5 through 19, 1959

THE JURY Emily Genauer, art critic for the New York Herald Tribune viewing William Lester's " Up Barton Creek",

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OFT HE J URY Judging the 20th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture has been rewarding to me forat least two reasons. It gave me the opportunity, ofgreat importance to the critic who would know how artists about the country are working and thinking, to observe this at first hand, before their efforts have been sifted by other jurors' eyes. It also enabled me, because of the immense diversity of works submitted, to reaffirm the critical position to which I have always held firmly, that quality is to be found in many kinds of art.

I daresay it would have been more difficult to prove this in a show held in New York.

There the influence of the art market and of fashionable taste isapparently stronger than in Texas. Here it was deeply gratifying to find that painters have not, for instance, been frightened to depict the human figure. This does not mean that I found Texas artists less aware of new directions or less experimental in their efforts. They seem, rather, to use the new ideas to express a basically romantic approach to nature and to life in general; and I encountered this so frequently. It may, indeed, be a truer regional characteristic than the aggressive, assertive approach so commonly ascribed to Texans. But then, I'm not a Texan, and it's the approach to life and art that I respond to most warmly.

The works I singled out for prizes, for instance, range from the purely abstract to the quite literal. Yet, in all of them, I think, there are certain common denominators. The artists' inspiration began with a lyrical image of or reaction to nature. It was projected in terms revealing unquestionable technical competence. The artists employed their physical materials with obvious sensuous pleasure, put them together in carefully organized forms.

All this adds up to a combination of the rational and the emotional that has always given me my greatest satisfaction in the contemplation of works of art. The other quality I look for-and it's a rarer one-is freshness of vision. This will explain the inclusion of certain items where technique was not quite what it might have been, and the exclusion of some that were competently butalso justa little too glibly done.

Inthe final analysis, because I picked it, this isto acertain extent my exhibition as well as that ofthe artists ofTexas. I'm rather proud of it, and I hope the people ofTexas will be, too.

EMILY GENAUER Art Critic, New York Herald Tribune

RICHARD L. LANE, "Inlet"

PURCHASES Julian Onderdonk Memorial Purchase Prize, $750, given by the San Antonio Art League for its permanent collection RICHARD L LANE, Dallas "Inlet", oil State Fair of Texas Purchase, $500, for the permanent collection of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts McKIE TROTTER, Fort Worth "Earthscape No.6", oil State Fair of Texas Purchase, $500, for the permanent collection of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts CECIL L CASEBIER; San Antonio "Boy Climbing", oil Museum of Fine Arts of Houston Purchase, $300 PAT COLVILLE, Houston

"Before the Race", oil

Chance Vought Aircraft Incorporated Purchase, $300, for the permanent collection of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts GLENN ALLEN GALAWAY, Dallas "Incantation", oil Auto Convoy Company of Dallas Purchase, $250, for the permanent collection of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts OLIVE PEMBERTON, Fort Worth "Mid-summer", casein

AWARDS Fort Worth Art Association Award of $150 DAVID CARGILL, Beaumont. ;

"The Three Graces", bronze

Foley's of Houston Award of $100 BERT REES, Austin

"Cogitoergosum", oil

Museum of Fine Arts of Houston Award of $100* MARC MOLDAWER, Houston

"Star-crossed", oil

Museum of Fine Arts of Houston Award of $100* JOHN GUERIN , Austin

" Flood Tide", oil

Pollock Paper Corporation Award of $100 JACK FLETCHER, San Antonio

"Sun Screen", collage

Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation Award of $100 RUTH TEARS, Dallas

" White to Move", oil

Beaumont Art Museum Award of $100 KEN BYLER, Dallas

* Donated by Humble Oil & Refining Company of Houston

CECIL L. CASEBIER, " Boy Climbing"

"Dying Bird", oil

PAT COLVILLE, "Before the Race"

THE EXHIBITION

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J. COLEMAN AKIN, Austin 1. "Last Charge", bronze &silver WILLIAM A. BERRY, Longview 2. "Street of the Searchers", oil 3. "Paestum", oil DEAN P. BLOODGOOD, Austin 4. "Sic Transit", oil BILL BOMAR, Fort Worth 5. "Blue Rain", watercolor JAMES BOYNTON, Houston 6. "Giant", oil CYNTHIA BRANTS, Fort Worth 7. "The Juggler", oil ETHEL BRODNAX, Dallas 8. "High Noon", oil EDWARD C. BROWN, Arlington 9. "Mother & Child", wood 10. "Climbers", terracotta JOHNNY W. BROWN, Mansfield 11. "Three Red Boats", oil MARB BROWN, Dallas 12. "Penny Laggers", oil DAVID BROWNLOW, Fort Worth 13. "Timber Line", oil BLOSSOM F. BURNS, Austin 14. "Dream Song", wood KEN BYLER, Dallas 15. "Dying Bird", oil

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EMILIO CABALLERO, Canyon 16. "Nebulosidad", oil DAVID CARGILL, Beaumont 17. "The Three Graces", bronze PATRICIA CARGILL, Beaumont 18. "Afternoon", casein FREDERICK CARTER, EI Paso 19. "Night Performance", oil

L1LLlANA CULLEN, Dallas 23. "Study for Rima's Head", Tennessee marble LARRY CULP, Arlington 24. "Petulant Child", fiberglass SCOTTY DARR, Dallas 25. "White Rock Lake", oil & lacquer GORDON DEATS, Houston 26. "Least of These", brass & steel WILMA DENNIS, Dallas . 27. "Deep Harbor", oil OTIS DOZIER, Dallas 28. "Southwest", oil LUIS EADES, Austin 29. "Orchid House", oil JANET RASER FAUNCE, Dallas 30. "Industrial No.5", oil KELLY FEARING, Austin 31. "Song for Birds of Paradise", oil KENNETH B. FISKE, Austin 32. "Sequoia", oil LEO BERNICE FIX, Lubbock 33. "Marble Halls", oil JACK FLETCHER, San Antonio 34. "Sun Screen", collage BETTY J. FOSTER, Dallas 35. "Jose", cast stone

CECIL LANG CASEBIER, San Antonio 20. "Boy Climbing", oil

RICHARD E. FOX, Dallas 36. "Wheat and Weed", oil

MILDRED COCKE, San Antonio 21. "Moonlight", oil

JOHN FRAZER, Longview 37. "Bright & Yellow Landscape", oil HENRI GADBOIS, Houston 38. "Tribute to C. H.", oil

PAT COLVILLE, Houston 22. "Before the Race", oil

GLENN ALLEN GALAWAY, Dallas 39. " Inca ntation", oil LEOPOLDO GONZALES, Jr., San Antonio 40. "Crucifixion" , casein JOHN GUERIN, Austin 41. " Flood Tide", oil

OLIVE PEMBERTON , " Mid-summer"

JANICE HAMM, Commerce 42. "Chimera", oil & lacquer T. HICKS, Amarillo 43. " In the Beginning", steel & bronze JOE FERRELL HOBBS, Houston 44. "Mexican Fruit Vender", oil JACK E. HODGE, Fort Worth 45. " Night Heat", oil & magna

JAN HOLMES, Fort Worth 46. " Night Mist", casein HERBERT M. HUGHES, Fort Worth 47. "One Point Five", oil W. A. JONES, Houston 48. "Arch of Triumph" , oil TRAVIS G. KEESE, Somerville 49. "The Wanderer", oil RICHARD L. LANE, Dallas 50. "Inlet", oil DAN LAYNE, Edinburg 51. "Hospital Construction", oil WILLIAM LESTER, Austin 52. "Up Barton Creek", oil JIM LOVE, Houston 53. "Ceremonial Figure", steel & cast iron DANIEL LYNCH, Dallas 54. "Mother &Child No. I ", oil STEPHEN MAGADA, Austin 55. "Reflections", oil PHILIP MAGINOT, San Angelo 56. " Pyrophantasma", oil CHARLES McGOUGH, Commerce 57. "Desert Forms", oil & lacquer KEITH MciNTYRE, San Antonio 58. " Ledge Form", oil EVA McMURREY, Baytown 59. "Still Life with Onions", oil JESSE M. MEDELLIN, San Antonio 60. " Rocks and Sea", oil FRED MITCHAM, Dallas 61. "Shadow Line", oil MARC MOLDAWER, Houston 62. "Star-crossed", oil

HYLARIE MORRIS, Fort Worth 63. "Three Saxons", oil PERRY NICHOLS, Dallas 64. "Jeweled Grotto", oil & metal BOBBY NORSWORTHY, Commerce 65. " Night on Campus", oil VIRGINIA OECHSNER, Dallas 66. "Assimilation", oak G. W. OWENS, Fort Worth 67. "Brazed Steel Construction", brass & steel ANNA BELLE PECK, Houston 68. "All Paths Lead Home", oil OLIVE PEMBERTON, Fort Worth 69. "Mid-summer", casein MONA S. PIERCE, Lubbock 70. " Pink Fantasy", mixed media DOROTHY POULOS, Dallas 71. "Gallery in Rome", oil BARBARA QUIMBY, Dallas 72. "Wine Shop", oil STEPHEN T. RASCOE, Corpus Christi 73. "Still Life on an Orange Table", oil PAULINE REED, Fort Worth 74. " Little Beggar", stone BERT REES, Austin 75. "Cogitoergosurn", oil KARL RICHARDS, Fort Worth 76. "Stark, Dark Marks", polymer tempera ALVI ROHDE, San Antonio 77. "Night", casein

FRANCES TAYLOR ROYSTON, Houston 78. "At Sea", enamel EDWIN RUDA, Austin 79. "The Farewell", oil GWEN RYAN, Houston 80. "Collage", collage FRED B. SAMUELSON, McAllen 81. "Artie Beacons", oil E. M. SCHIWETZ, Houston 82. "November Day at Buca Chica", mixed media HILLIARD M. STONE, Grand Prairie 83. " Bi rd", wood LYNN SWEAT, Nederland 84. "Segments", oil RUTH TEARS, Dallas 85. "White to Move", oil McKIE TROTTER, Fort Worth 86. " Earthscape No.6", oil CHARLES UMLAUF, Austin 87. "Head of Lynn", bronze BROR UTTER, Fort Worth 88. "Above the Well", oil MARIE VAN ORDEN, Edinburg 89. "Bather", ceramic ALDEN H. WAITT, San Antonio 90. "Cliff on Upper Salado Creek", oil DONALD L. WEISMANN, Austin 91. "New Devices in an Old Place", oil RALPH WHITE, Austin 92. "A Walk in the Hills", oil CHARLES T. WILLIAMS, Fort Worth 93. "Sisters", cast bronze

GLENN A. GALAWAY, " Incantation"

McKI E TROTTER, "Earlhscape No.6"

HIRAM D. WILLIAMS, Austin 94. "Campus Horizon", oil

BETTY WINN, Dallas 95. "Face of a City", oil

JIM WOZNIAK, Fort Worth 96. "Garden", metal & wood

ARTHUR H. YOURZIK, San Antonio 97. " Les Trois Freres", oil

HISTORY

Of THE

TEXAS ANNUAL For those_not familiar'with the evolution of this exhibition, it is worth repeating the following facts.

In1940 the directors ofthe Museums in Houston, San Antonio and Dallas organized a painting and sculpture competition open to all artists of the state. Then the large cities had local exhibitions for their resident artists, butthe small towns offered no opportunity and the artist living on ranch or farm had no chance to exhibit.

First called the Texas General, inits second year it was re-named the TexasOklahoma General because one museum in that state participated. I he first two exhibitions were held in January, February and March of 1940 and 1941. But the year 1941 was to see another Texas General in October because State Fair of Texas Association requested an exhibition of Texas art during the Fair. The original plan of the three originating museums was that in alternating order one of them would collect the entries, hold the judging, exhibit th_e show and then circulate it to the other two. All three would contribute prizes and s~a ~e cost. Other agencies in Fort Worth, Austin, Beaumont and Lubbock have exhibited t~e show at different times.

Fort Worth, though not a sponsor, has contributed a prize yearly.

Texas General was chosen for a name because-prints, drawings and ceramics were included. By the time of the eleventh consecutive competition in the season of 1949-50, these categories were withdrawn since special competitions for each had come into existence. That year the exhibition was called the Texas Painting and Sculpture Annual. That name has stuck ever since.

The State Fair re-entered the scene in 1952 by promising a Purchase Prize Fund of$1,000 yearly if the exhibition could be featured at DMFA during the fair. Since then DMFA ~as organized the exhibition and shown it first with continued help from San Antonio and Houston inthe form of Prizes, shared circulation cost and exhibition.

The first of the annuals in 1940 had seven prizes totaling $350, not inconsiderable reward then.

This year prizes for the 20th competition amounted to $3,350 of which $2,600 is money for six purchases for permanent collections of the sponsoring museums.

This year there were 661 entries from 398 artists in 57 Texas towns. Of these entries, 97 works by 95 artists were accepted by the judge.