The years between 1945-1970, roughly coinciding with the end of World War II and the advent of Vietnam, comprise one of the most lively and productive periods in Texas art. With the state emerging from tandem effects of a Great Depression and a Great War, the renewed growth and prosperity of these middle years gave rise to twentieth-century modernism in the Lone Star State. It was an exciting and energetic time for Texas art and artists- a time when museums gave serious attention to a burgeoning community of regional artists; a time when galleries multiplied, showing Texas fare to ever-growing and appreciative audiences; and a time when educational opportunities in the arts proliferated in public schools, museum schools, university art departments and art leagues, enticing larger numbers of talented and creative Texans to pursue their muses through the arts. Art enterprise in Texas seemed alive and teeming with energetic and creative growth.
