Rhythms of Modernism

Rhythms of Modernism April 5 - May 4, 2013 william reaves fine art

Rhythms of Modernism Once again this year, in conjunction with the Houston Modern Market, William Reaves Fine Art pays tribute to the splendid styles and creative energies which emanated from midcentury modernism in Texas art! In Rhythms of Modernism, the gallery presents a fantastic fare of innovative works from the late 1940s through the latter 1960s -- a selection that charts the birth of “cool” in Texas painting. The exhibition features over 60 works by 38 artists, including many of the most important names in the Texas art scene during the post-war period.

The middle years of the twentieth-century have proven to be among the most productive periods in American art, and Texas painting was no exception. Lone Star art evolved and exploded in post-war Texas, offering new opportunities and expectations for both artists and patrons. Compared to earlier and more conservative forebears, mid-century Texas painters struck bold new paths in their creation of art, manifesting divergent patterns such as those evidenced in the remarkable mélange of subject matter, style, and palette seen in this show. While remaining true to their regional subjects and themes, Texas artists actively embraced interesting new modes of abstraction, ranging from styles of cubism to expressionism, and many points in between.

It was an energetic and creative time, rich with novel and inventive work.

While there were exceptional artists producing all throughout the state, Houston was the ostensible leader of this midcentury art scene in Texas and in the Southwest, generating the state’s most significant twentieth-century modernists.

Many of these local giants of mid-century modernism are

modernists. Many of these local giants of mid-century modernism are represented in this show, their period works continuing to hold an edge and freshness even some halfcentury later. Rhythms of Modernism is a dazzling exhibition of Texas modernism, celebrating the verve and vibrancy of this mid-century era.

For art patrons who appreciate the dynamism and diversity of Houston’s current art scene, Rhythms of Modernism is a “must see” exhibition, because it reminds us of our city’s (and state’s) modernist roots; and it celebrates the men and women whose collective work and reputations forged a path for Houston to become one of America’s premier arts communities. And we invite all of you to join us for this year’s Houston Founder’s Party on April 20th, to meet and greet some of the most storied and respected artists of our Bayou City.

Bill Reaves President, William Reaves Fine Art

Rhythms of modernism

Plate

Artist

Title of Work

Date

Medium

Dimensions

1 2 3 4 5

David Adickes David Adickes David Adickes Gertrude Barnstone Gertrude Barnstone

1958 c.1965 no date c.1960 no date

oil on board oil on board oil on board pen and ink pen and ink

16 x 9 in.

31.5 x 19 in.

28.5 x 15.5 in.

24 x 20 in.

18 x 10 in.

6

Jack Boynton

Still Life with Yellow Bird Untitled (Portrait) Untitled (Tall Men in Striped Tunics) Nude Drawing 1 Sketcher Montrose Passage, Tuesday A.M. to Wednesday P.M.

1986

watercolor

11 x 14 in.

7

Jack Boynton

Untitled (1)

1950

acrylic on paper

9 x 12 in.

8 9 10 11 12 13

Jack Boynton Jack Boynton Lowell Collins Bill Condon John Cowan Ben Culwell

Untitled (2) Untitled (3) FIgure Untitled (Rice University Scene) Mackerel at the South Jetty Untitled (Adrenaline Hour Series)

1953 1955 1958 1965 no date c.1942

9 x 12 in.

22 x 14 in.

48 x 6 in.

18 x 20 in.

30 x 22 in.

9 x 12 in.

14

Ben Culwell

Untitled (Airplane)

1942-44

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Don Deardorff Mildred Dixon Kelly Fearing Constance Forsyth Constance Forsyth Michael Frary Michael Frary Frank Freed Frank Freed Henri Gadbois Henri Gadbois John Guerin Veronica Helfensteller William Hoey Dorothy Hood Robert Ivan Lockard Robert Ivan Lockard Paul Maxwell

Untitled (Still Life with Bottles) Untitled (Cat) Saint with a Lion Colorful Mountain Red and Yellow Rocks, West Texas Dorothy Lutz Model Saugatuck Picasso Untitled (Building with Three Archways) Hauptmarket - Numberg Tree Forms Landscape (By the Coast) Earthquake Still Life with Apples Untitled #1 Abstraction (Pink Mountainscape) Untitled (Trees in Pink) Sailboat & Sunset

no date 1950 c.1947 no date no date 1941 1941 1957 no date 1957 1957 no date c.1948 no date no date no date no date 1959

gouache on paper gouache on board encaustic on board mixed media watercolor mixed media ink, wax crayon, tempera on paper watercolor oil on masonite mixed media watercolor mixed media oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas board oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas watercolor pastel pen and ink watercolor watercolor acrylic on board

6.25 x 9.5 in.

21 x 10.5 in.

11.5 x 13.5 in.

14 x 10 in.

12 x 16 in.

14.25 x 22.5 in 16 x 20 in.

24 x 20 in.

10 x 8 in.

18 x 14 in.

24 x 48 in.

34 x 24 in.

20 x 25 in.

11 x 9.5 in.

15.5 x 20.5 in.

20 x 24 in.

20.25 x 27.25 in.

15 x 20 in.

24 x 30 in.

Rhythms of modernism

Plate

Artist

Title of Work

Date

Medium

Dimensions

33

Paul Maxwell

Untitled

c.1970

oil on canvas

30 x 34 in.

34 35 36 37 38 39

Leila McConnell Leila McConnell Herb Mears Herb Mears Robert Morris Robert Morris

Eclipse in Blue Yellow Sun Over Water Clown Untitled (Still Life with Carrots) Fly Over II (Ostrich) Portrait of the Artist (Self-Portait)

1968 c.1975 no date no date c.1970 1968

oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on board oil on board acrylic on canvas acrylic on board

24 x 24 in.

48 x 36 in.

7.75 x 5.75 in.

20 x 24 in.

5 x 7 in.

12 x 10 in.

40

Robert Morris

The Spectators

1974

acrylic on canvas

7.5 x 10 in.

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65

Mini Murphy Ancel Nunn Kermit Oliver Bill Reily Bill Reily Robert Rogan Emily Rutland Emily Rutland Charles Schorre Charles Schorre Chester Snowden Chester Snowden Earl Staley Earl Staley Ary Stillman Ary Stillman Richard Stout Richard Stout Stella Sullivan McKie Trotter McKie Trotter McKie Trotter Charles Arthur Turner Dan Wingren Dick Wray

Untitled (Bird Family) Sunday at Shiloh Black Spotted Cow Ghost Mountain Jonah and the Whale Landscape Still Life Untitled (Cattle Scene) Figureight Untitled (Tree) Untitled (Giraffe) Untitled (Orchestra Scene) Abstract Landscape I Abstract Landscape II Composition C.A. From the Book of Wisdom No.2 Amalfi Dark Rider Portrait of David Moncrief Composition in Grey Untitled (Still Life) Walled City Circle, Sky and Fire Path Through the Dunes Untitled

no date no date no date 1958 no date 1956 no date 1949 no date 1979 no date 1960 1961 1961 c.1945-46 1961-63 1966 1960 1952 1948 1942 1955 1974 1962 no date

wood watercolor acrylic on board casein on paper casein on paper oil on canvas oil on canvas gouache on paper oil on canvas watercolor oil on canvas oil on canvas mixed media mixed media oil on canvas gouache on paper acrylic on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas watercolor watercolor oil on board oil on canvas

22x 13 x 5 in.

28 x 20 in.

10.5 x 13.5 in.

12 x 16 in.

14 x 21 in.

24x 30 in.

20 x 16 in.

19.5 x 23.5 in.

24 x 24 in.

30 x 24 in.

22 x 18 in.

23.5 x 29.5 in 16 x 14 in.

18 x 14 in.

16 x 14.75 in.

19 x 14 in.

24 x 30 in.

21 x 33 in.

24 x 20 in.

18 x 24 in.

24 x 30 in.

21 x 29.5 in.

24 x 24 in.

30 x 25 in.

18 x 24 in.

Plates

2. David Adickes, Untitled (Portrait), c.1965, oil on board, 31.5 x 19 in.

1. David Adickes, Still Life with Yellow Bird, 1958, oil on board, 16 x 9 in.

3. David Adickes, Untitled (Tall Men in Striped Tunics), no date, oil on board, 28.5 x 15.5 in.

4. Gertrude Levy Barnstone, Nude Drawing 1, c.1960, pen and ink, 24 x 20 in.

5. Gertrude Levy Barnstone, Sketcher, no date, pen and ink, 18 x 10 in.

Above, left 6. Jack Boynton, Montrose Passage, Tuesday A.M. to Wednesday P.M., 1986, watercolor, 11 x 14 in.

Above, right 7. Jack Boynton, Untitled (1), 1950, acrylic on paper, 9 x 12 in.

Left 8. Jack Boynton, Untitled (2), 1953, gouache on paper, 9 x 12 in.

9. Jack Boynton, Untitled (3), 1955, gouache on board, 22 x 14 in.

11. Bill Condon, Untitled (Rice University Scene), 1965, mixed media, 18 x 20 in.

10. Lowell Collins, Figure, 1958, encaustic on board, 48 x 6 in.

12. John Cowan, Mackerel at the South Jetty, no date, watercolor, 30 x 22 in.

13. Ben Culwell, Untitled (Adrenaline Hour Series), c.1942, mixed media on paper, 9 x 12 in.

14. Ben Culwell, Untitled (Airplane), 1942-44, ink, wax crayon, and tempera on paper, 6.25 x 9.5 in.

15. Don Deardorff, Untitled (Still Life with Bottles), no date, acrylic on board, 21 x 10.5 in.

16. Mildred Dixon, Untitled (Cat), 1950, oil on masonite, 11.5 x 13.5 in.

18. Constance Forsyth, Colorful Mountain, no date, watercolor, 12 x 16 in.

17. Kelly Fearing, Saint with a Lion, c.1947, mixed media on paper, 14 x 10 in.

Right 19. Constance Forsyth, Red and Yellow Rocks, West Texas, no date, mixed media on paper, 14.25 x 22.5 in.

20. Michael Frary, Dorothy Lutz, 1941, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in.

21. Michael Frary, Model Saugatuck, 1941, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches

22. Frank Freed, Picasso, 1957, oil on canvas board, 10 x 8 in.

23. Frank Freed, Untitled (Building with Three Archways), no date, oil on canvas, 18 x 14 in.

24. Henri Gadbois, Hauptmarket - Nurnberg, 1957, oil on canvas, 24 x 48 in.

25. Henri Gadbois, Tree Forms, 1957, oil on canvas, 34 x 24 in.

26. John Guerin, Landscape (By the Coast), no date, oil on canvas, 20 x 25 in.

27. Veronica Helfensteller, Earthquake, c.1948, watercolor, 11 x 9.5 in.

28. William Hoey, Still Life with Apples, no date, pastel, 15.5 x 20.5 in.

29. Dorothy Hood, Untitled, no date, pen and ink, 19.5 x 12.5 in.

30. Robert Ivan Lockard, #1 Abstraction (Pink Mountainscape), no date, watercolor, 20.25 x 27.25 in.

31. Robert Ivan Lockard, Untitled (Trees in Park), no date, watercolor, 15 x 20 in.

32. Paul Maxwell, Sailboat & Sunset, 1959, acrylic on board, 24 x 30 in.

33. Paul Maxwell, Untitled, c.1970, oil on canvas, 30 x 34 in.

34. Leila McConnell, Eclipse in Blue, 1968, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in.

35. Leila McConnell, Yellow Sun Over Water, c.1975, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in.

36. Herbert Mears, Clown, no date, oil on board, 7.75 x 5.75 in.

37. Herbert Mears, Untitled (Still Life with Carrots), no date, oil on board, 20 x 24 in.

Right 38. Robert Morris, Portrait of the Artist (SelfPortrait), c.1968, acrylic on board, 12 x 10 in.

Below, left 39. Robert Morris, Fly Over II (Ostrich), c.1970, acrylic on canvas, 5 x 7 in..

Below, right 40. Robert Morris, The Spectators, 1974, acrylic on canvas, 7.5 x 10 in.

41. Mini Murphy, Untitled (Bird Family), no date, wood, 22 x 13 x 5 in.

42. Ancel Nunn, Sunday at Shiloh, no date, watercolor, 28 x 20 in.

43. Kermit Oliver, Black Spotted Cow, no date, acrylic on board, 10.5 x 13.5 in.

Below, left 44. Bill Reily, Ghost Mountain, 1958, casein on paper, 12 x 16 in.

Below, right 45. Bill Reily, Jonah and the Whale, no date, casein on paper, 14 x 21 in.

Right 46. Robert Rogan, Landscape, 1956, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in.

47. Emily Rutland, Still Life, no date, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in.

48. Emily Rutland, Untitled (Cattle Scene), 1949, gouache on paper, 19.5 x 223.5 in.

49. Charles Schorre, Figureight, no date, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in.

50. Charles Schorre, Untitled (Tree), 1979, watercolor, 30 x 24 in.

51. Chester Snowden, Untitled (Giraffe), no date, oil on canvas, 22 x 18 in.

52. Chester Snowden, Untitled (Orchestra Scene), c.1960, oil on canvas, 23.5 x 29.5 in.

53. Earl Staley, Abstract Landscape I, 1961, mixed media on paper, 16 x 14 in.

54. Earl Staley, Abstract Landscape II, 1961, mixed media on paper, 18 x 14 in.

55. Ary Stillman, Composition C.A., c.1945-46, oil on canvas, 16 x 14.75 in.

56. Ary Stillman, From the Book of Knowledge No.2, 1961-63, gouache on paper, 19 x 14 in.

57. Richard Stout, Amalfi, 1966, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 30 in.

58. Richard Stout, Dark Rider, 1960, oil on canvas, 21 x 33 in.

Above 59. Stella Sullivan, Portrait of David Moncrief, 1952, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in.

Top right 60. McKie Trotter, Composition in Grey, 1948, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in.

Right 61. McKie Trotter, Untitled Still Life, 1942, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in.

62. McKie Trotter, Walled City, 1955, watercolor, 21 x 29.5 in.

63. Charles Arthur Turner, Circle, Sky and Fire, 1974, watercolor, 24 x 24 in.

64. Dan Wingren, Path Through the Dunes, 1961, oil on board, 30 x 25 in.

65. Dick Wray, Untitled, no date, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in.

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