Texas Visions of an Earlier Time: An Exhibition of Historic Texas Art

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME November 7 – December 20, 2014

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME FALL 2014 EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

BY WILLIAM REAVES FINE ART

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

Texas Visions of an Earlier Time

An Exhibition of Historic Texas Art, Presented in Cooperation with Beuhler Fine Art The Texas art on the walls at William Reaves Fine Art assumes a more classic mode in a new exhibition called Texas Visions of an Earlier Time, as the gallery continues its quest to map the full gamut of historic Texas painting in its numerous projects and exhibitions.

Over the summer and in its inaugural show at the new Westheimer location, WRFA has chosen to focus new light on mid-century modernism in Texas, contributing to exhibitions at City Hall (Houston Founders at City Hall) and One Allen Center (A New Visual Vocabulary…). Likewise, the city’s Texas-most gallery chose to open its ninth season with a superb exhibition entitled In Pursuit of the Sublime, featuring the works of two of the area’s most prominent modernists, Richard Stout and David Cargill. As all these shows reinforce, Houston and Southeast Texas modernists (including Cargill and Stout) hold merit among the best of their generation, producing worthy lifetime bodies of work based on a regional gestalt of strong formal educations, diverse experiences, solid work ethics, and dashes of personal artistic genius. Now, the gallery, in cooperation with a leading San Antonio counterpart, steps back a generation or two from Cargill, Stout and their contemporaries to consider the “best” of an even earlier era of Texas painting, examining a set of historic paintings produced by foremost artists of the first half of the twentieth century.

In this newest exhibition, Texas Visions of an Earlier Time, Reaves and company offer patrons a “deep dive” into earlier eras of art within our state, presenting an interesting and diverse selection of 55 works by 45 pre-WW II artists. The gallery collaborates with leading San Antonio dealer, Paul Buehler, to offer the season’s first opportunity to view an extensive selection of historic Texas art in a single venue.

The exhibition presents a strong field of early Texas Impressionism, including stalwarts of San Antonio’s pioneering school of landscape painters such as Julian Onderdonk, Dawson Dawson-Watson, Harry Anthony DeYoung, Eloise Polk McGill, Rolla Taylor, Porfirio Salinas, Robert Wood and others.

Prime examples of early Houston founders such as Emma Richardson Cherry, Grace Spaulding John, Carden Baily and Ruth Pershing Uhler are also included in this show; as are Dallas luminaries such as Hale Bolton, Charles Bowling, Frank Klepper, Otis Dozier and Merritt Mauzey. Paintings

by early Fort Worth and El Paso artists, as well as selections of WPA-era photographs round-out the exhibition.

The collection is noteworthy for its overall quality and significance. Many of the works included bear museum exhibition records and/or publication credits from the period. Two works in the show, for instance, were shown in the Texas Centennial Exhibition, still deemed among many as the single greatest art exhibition ever assembled on Texas soil. Several paintings were included among other important early exhibitions organized by such institutions as the Witte Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Austin Art league, etc., or shown in more recent exhibitions hosted by the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame. Likewise the exhibition contains important examples of prominent of early art commissions documenting important historic events, such as Paul Schumann’s marine painting commemorating the U.S.S. Constitution’s 1932 visit to Galveston and Houston. In addition to strong examples of Texas Impressionism, the exhibition includes selections of the Texas regionalist school, including works from the 1940s by Otis Dozier and published prints

by Merritt Mauzey, as well as examples of early Texas modernism from the mid-1940s.

All-in-all, Texas Visions of an Earlier Time, offers patrons and collectors a worthwhile overview of the styles and progressions of Texas painting during the first half of the twentieth century, examining a period of roughly 1909 to 1950. While the exhibition presents many of the most important painters of the period, it also includes fine and interesting examples of artists whose work, while prominent during the period, is less well-known today. The show is a tribute to the quality and fortitude of these pioneering artists, whose work, both individually and collectively, shaped the very beginnings of the Texas art scene, and whose output and persistence served to establish an artistic bulwark in the state through which to inspire and challenge successive generations of Texas painters. For collectors of historic Texas materials, the exhibition will be a welcomed opportunity to view and learn more about these Texas artists and celebrate cherished visions of an earlier time. Enjoy!

William Reaves, President

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

Texas Visions of an Earlier Time | Exhibition Checklist Image

Artist

Title

Date

Medium

Dimensions (inches)

1

Aceves, JosĂŠ

Desert Landscape

no date

oil on canvas

16x24

2

Bailey, Carden

House in Spring

no date

oil on canvas

25.25x28.25

3

Becker, Frederick W.

West Texas

c.1935

oil on canvas

16x20

4

Biggers, John

School and Schoolmates

c.1966

scratch on illustration board

10.5x13.5

5

Bolton, Hale

Fall Landscape

1911

oil on canvas

21x29

6

Bowling, Charles

Still Summer Day

c.1930

oil on canvas

24x20

7

Brants, Cynthia

Still life with Bones

1946

oil on canvas

19x32

8

Braun, Maurice

Landscape

c.1920

oil on canvas

12x16

9

Brisac, Edith Mae

Untitled

no date

oil on canvas

27.25x36.25

10

Cherry, Emma Richardson

Beam & Fog, Randolph Field

c.1942

oil on canvas

35.5x25.75

11

Cherry, Emma Richardson

Major Reid

1936

oil on canvas

40x28

12

Dawson-Watson, Dawson

Boat Scene

1930

oil on canvas

20.5x15.75

13

Dawson-Watson, Dawson

Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Antonio

1939

oil on canvas

36x30

14

Dawson-Watson, Dawson

Texas Cactus

1928

oil on canvas

21x16

15

DeYoung, Harry Anthony

Untitled Landscape

c.1930

oil on canvas

24x28

16

Dozier, Otis

Arkansas River

1942

gouache on paper

11.25x15.75

17

Dozier, Otis

Grasshopper & Rooster

1945

oil on masonite

18x24

18

Dozier, Otis

Still Life with Dead Bird

1948

oil on board

10x18

19

Duran, Santa

Bluebonnets in San Antonio

1964

oil on board

12x16

20

Elmendorf, Stella Texas

Untitled (Barn)

1928

oil on canvas on board

12x16

21

Elmendorf, Stella Texas

Wash Day

no date

oil on board

18x24

22

Hohnstedt, Peter Lanz

Landscape

no date

oil on board

18x24

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

Texas Visions of an Earlier Time | Exhibition Checklist (cont’d) Image

Artist

Title

Date

Medium

Dimensions (inches)

23

Hoppe, Carl Thomas

Bluebonnets with Oaks

1953

oil on canvas

20x30

24

Hoppe, Carl Thomas

Untitled (Bluebonnets)

no date

oil on canvas

12x16

25

Keating, Mary Aubrey

Chili Queens

1927

watercolor on paper

10.5x12.25

26

Klepper, Frank

1934

oil on canvas on board

24x30

27

Lange, Dorothea

1937

vintage gelatin silver print

11x14

28

Lee, Russell

Feeding Hogs Migrants from Texas Camped on River Bottom near Holtville, Stamped FSA Hamburger Stand, Harlingen, Texas, Stamped FSA

1939

vintage gelatin silver print

8x10

29

Lester, William

Baseball Player at Bat

c.1950

oil on canvas board

30x24

30

Lester, William

Going for Bait

1957

oil on linen

44x30

31

Mauzey, Merritt

Early Spring, Ed. 20

c.1948

lithograph

10.25x13.25

32

Mauzey, Merritt

Good Earth, Ed. 20

c.1945

lithograph

6.5x16.5

33

Mauzey, Merritt

The Circuit Rider

c.1948

lithograph

14.5x11.75

34

McGill, Eloise Polk

Mission

no date

oil on canvas

24x26

35

McGill, Eloise Polk

Untitled (Bluebonnets)

no date

oil on canvas board

16x26

36

McLellan, Ralph D.

L.J. Dailey, San Marcos, TX

c.1925

watercolor and pencil on paper 9.75x13.75

37

Mydans, Carl

Dancing at Rosie's CafĂŠ, Texas, 16/250

1937

gelatin silver print

11x14

38

Nabinger, Dollie

Country House with Oak

c.1950

oil on board

16x20

39

Onderdonk, Julian

A Gray Day, Sullivan County, New York

1909

oil on board

13x17

40

Phenix, Harold

Coahoma

c.1960

watercolor on paper

13.5x20

41

Pohl, Hugo

Sunday Afternoon

no date

oil on board

8x13

42

Raba, Ernst

San Antonio, Texas

1925

oil on canvas

16.25x20.25

43

Raba, Ernst

Twin Sisters, San Antonio, Texas

c.1926

oil on board

12x20

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

Texas Visions of an Earlier Time | Exhibition Checklist (cont’d) Image

Artist

Title

Date

Medium

Dimensions (inches)

44

Salinas, Porfirio

c.1950

oil on canvas

20x24

45

Salomon, Solomon

The Road to Utopia The Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson, 1864 after Everett B D Julio

1917

oil on canvas

30x24

46

Salt, Anastasia

Centennial Sue

1936

watercolor on paper

13.25x17.75

47

Schumann, Paul R.

On Texas Waters: USS Constitution

1932

oil on canvas

34x40

48

Slayton, Billye

Slaughter House

no date

oil on board

16x20

49

Slimp, Altie

Texas Cowgirl: Bebe

1948

oil on canvas

30x24

50

Smith, Emilie Guthrie

Portrait of a Young Girl

1948

oil on canvas

28x22

51

Spaulding John, Grace

The Lighted Candle

1923

oil on board

24x20

52

Taylor, Rolla

Landscape with Verbenas

c.1920

oil on canvas

16x24

53

Thurston, Eugene

Clouds Over Sacramentos

1967

oil on board

9x12

54

Tupel, Albert A.

Dallas Skyline from the City Hall

c.1930s

watercolor on paper

13x17.75

55

Uhler, Ruth Pershing

Untitled Landscape (Turquoise Mine)

1936

oil on masonite

19.75x29.25

56

White, Jessie Aline

The Round Up No. 2

no date

watercolor on paper

11.25x17.5

57

Wood, Robert

Hill Country Landscape with Bluebonnets

c.1940

oil on canvas

30x40

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

1. JosĂŠ Aceves, Desert Landscape, no date, oil on canvas, 16x24 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

2. Bailey Carden, House in Spring, no date, oil on canvas, 25.25x28.25 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

3. Frederick W. Becker, West Texas, c.1935, oil on canvas, 16x20 inches.

4. John Biggers, School and Schoolmates, c.1966, scratch on illustration board, 10.5x13.5 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

5. Hale Bolton, Fall Landscape, 1911, oil on canvas, 21x29 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

6. Charles Bowling, Still Summer Day, c.1930, oil on canvas, 24x20 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

7. Cynthia Brants, Still Life with Bones, 1946, oil on canvas, 19x32 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

8. Maurice Braun, Landscape, c.1920, oil on canvas, 12x16 inches.

9. Edith Mae Brisac, Untitled, no date, oil on canvas, 27.25x36.25 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

10. Emma Richardson Cherry, Beam & Fog, Randolph Field, c.1942, oil on canvas, 35.5x25.75 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

11. Emma Richardson Cherry, Major Reid, 1936, oil on canvas, 40x28 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

12. Dawson Dawson-Watson, Boat Scene, 1930, oil on canvas, 20.5x15.75 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

13. Dawson Dawson-Watson, Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Antonio, 1939, oil on canvas, 36x30 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

14. Dawson Dawson-Watson, Texas Cactus, 1928, oil on canvas, 21x16 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

15. Harry Anthony DeYoung, Untitled Landscape, c.1930, oil on canvas, 24x28 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

16. Otis Dozier, Arkansas River, 1942, gouache on paper, 11.2515.75 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

17. Otis Dozier, Grasshopper & Rooster, 1945, oil on masonite, 18x24 inches.

18. Otis Dozier, Still Life with Dead Bird, 1948, oil on canvas, 10x18 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

19. Santa Duran, Bluebonnets in San Antonio, 1964, oil on board, 12x16 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

20. Stella Texas Elmendorf, Untitled (Barn), 1928, oil on canvas on board, 12x16 inches.

21. Stella Texas Elmendorf, Wash Day, no date, oil on board, 18x24 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

22. Peter Lanz Hohnstedt, Landscape, no date, oil on board, 18x24 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

23. Carl Thomas Hoppe, Bluebonnets with Oaks, 1953, oil on canvas, 20x30 inches.

24. Carl Thomas Hoppe, Untitled (Bluebonnets), no date, oil on canvas, 12x16 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

25. Mary Aubrey Keating, Chili Queens, 1927, watercolor on paper, 10.5x12.25 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

26. Frank Klepper, Feeding Hogs, 1934, oil on canvas on board, 24x30 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

27. Dorothea Lange, Migrants from Texas, Camped on River Bottom near Holtville, Stamped FSA, 1937, vintage gelatin silver print, 11x14 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

28. Russell Lee, Hamburger Stand, Harlingen, Texas, Stamped FSA, 1939, vintage gelatin silver print, 8x10 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

29. William Lester, Baseball Player at Bat, c.1950, oil on canvas board, 30x24 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

30. William Lester, Going for Bait, 1957, oil on linen, 44x30 inches.

31. Merritt Mauzey, Early Spring, Ed. 20, c.1948, lithograph, 10.25x13.25 inches.

33. Merritt Mauzey, The Circuit Rider, c.1948, lithograph, 14.5x11.75 inches.

32. Merritt Mauzey, Good Earth, Ed. 20, c.1945, lithograph, 6.5x16.5 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

34. Eloise Polk McGill, Mission, no date, oil on canvas, 24x26 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

35. Eloise Polk McGill, Untitled (Bluebonnets), no date, oil on canvas board, 16x26 inches.

36. Ralph D. McLellan, L.J. Dailey, San Marcos, TX, c.1925, watercolor and pencil on paper, 9.75x13.75 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

37. Carl Mydans, Dancing at Rosie’s Café, Texas, 16/250, 1937, gelatin silver print, 11x14 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

36. Dollie Nabinger, Country House with Oak, c.1950, oil on board, 16x20 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

39. Julian Onderdonk, A Gray Day, Sullivan County, New York, 1909, oil on board, 13x17 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

40. Harold Phenix, Coahoma, c.1960, watercolor on paper, 13.5x20 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

41. Hugo Pohl, Sunday Afternoon, no date, oil on board, 8x13 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

43. Ernst Raba, Twin Sisters, San Antonio, Texas, c.1926, oil on board, 12x20 inches.

42. Ernst Raba, San Antonio, Texas, 1925, oil on canvas, 16.25x20.25 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

44. Porfirio Salinas, The Road to Utopia, c.1950, oil on canvas, 20x24 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

45. Solomon Salomon, The Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson, 1864 after Everett B. D. Julio, 1917, oil on canvas, 30x24 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

46. Anastasia Salt, Centennial Sue, 1936, watercolor on paper, 13.25x17.75 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

47. Paul Schumann, On Texas Waters: USS Constitution, 1932, oil on canvas, 34x40 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

48. Billye Slayton, Slaughter House, no date, oil on board, 16x20 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

49. Altie Slimp, Texas Cowgirl: Bebe, 1948, oil on canvas, 30x24 inches.

50. Emilie Guthrie Smith, Portrait of a Young Girl, 1948, oil on canvas, 28x22 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

51. Grace Spaulding John, The Lighted Candle, 1923, oil on board, 24x20 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

52. Rolla Taylor, Landscape with Verbenas, c.1920, oil on canvas, 16x24 inches.

53. Eugene Thurston, Clouds over Sacramentos, 1967, oil on board, 9x12 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

54. Albert A. Tupel, Dallas Skyline from the City Hall, c.1930s, watercolor on paper, 13x17.5 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

55. Ruth Pershing Uhler, Untitled Landscape (Turquoise Mine), 1936, oil on masonite, 19.75x29.25 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

56. Jessie Aline White, The Round Up No. 2, no date, watercolor on paper, 11.25x17.5 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

57. Robert Wood, Hill Country Landscape with Bluebonnets, c.1940, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches.

TEXAS VISIONS OF AN EARLIER TIME

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