TEXAS-BEST PAINTER
Robert Rauschenberg
- Born: 1925 Port Arthur, Texas
- Subject: pop art, abstract, “combines”
- Worked: Texas, New York, Florida
- Education: University of Texas, Kansas City Art Institute, BlackMountain College
- Highest price at auction: $7,260,000.
- Masterpiece: “Retrospective 1” “Cadillac Ranch”
Listed in alphabetical order.
Estellyn Achning
- Born: 1926, Atlanta, Texas
- Subject:
- Worked: San Antonio, Wichita Falls
- Education: Attended Kid-Key College, Sherman, Texas and University of New Mexico
Floyd T. Albright
- Born: Cleburn, Texas
- Subjects: Landscapes and scenes with adobes, missions, mountains and trees.
- Worked: New Mexico and West Texas
Eddie Arnin
- Born: 1899, Kenney, Texas
- Worked: Committed to a mental institution, Austin State Hospital
Belle Austin
- Born: 1880, Smith County Texas
- Education: Attended the Art Students League in New York
John Willard Banksuin
- Born: 1912, Seguin, Texas …………….died 1988
- Subjects: Produced several hundred black folk art drawings
- Worked: San Antonio
- Education: self educated
Reveau Bassett
- Born: 1897, Dallas, Texas …………… died 1981
- Worked: Texas New Mexico
- Subject Wildlife, landscape
- Education Art Students League in New York, NationalAcademy of Design.
Bertha Bennett:
- Born: Eastland, Texas
- Worked: Abilene, San Antonio
- Subject: Ranch life, landscapes, bluebonnets.
- Education: San Antonio School of Art and San Antonio Art Institute
Evelyne Byers Bessell
- Born: 1901, Houston, Texas …….…..died 1990
- Worked: Houston, Texas
- Subjects: Portrait, still life
- Education: Rice Institute Houston, Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia, Art Institute of Chicago
Murray Percival Bewley
- Born: 1884, Fort Worth, Texas……. died 1964
- Wotked: Texas, New York and France
- Subject: Portraits, nudes, still lifes and flower compositions.
- Education: Denver Art School, Chicago Art Institute, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Kathleen Blackshear
- Born 1897, Navasota, Texas……….. died 1968
- Worked: Texas
- Subjects: Used blacks as her primary subject matter.
- Education: Baylor University, Art Students League in New YorkCity, Art Institute of Chicago
Bill Bomar:
- Born: 1919, Fort Worth, Texas ….. died 1991
- Worked: New York
- Education:
George Boutwell
- Born: Clifton, Texas
- Worked:
- Subject:
- Education:
Charles Bowling
- Born: 1891, Quitman, Texas ……….. died 1985
- Worked in: Texas
- Subject: still-life, landscape and urban scenes
Jack Boynton
- Born: 1928, Fort Worth, Texas
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: modernist
- Education: TCU
Cynthia Brants
- Born: 1921
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: Landscape
- Education:
Adele Brunet
- Born: 1871, Austin, Texas……….. died 1963
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: muralist, painter, illustrator
- Education: University of Texas
Williamson Gerald (Jerry) Bywaters
- Born: 1906, Paris, Texas ………… died 1989
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: landscape, still-life and portrait paintings
- Education: Southern ethodist University, New York Art Students League
Maurine Cantey
- Born: 1901, Fort Worth, Texas ….. died 1982
- Worked: Texas, California
- Subject: Portrait, still life
- Education: Dallas Art Institute
Harry Peyton Carnohan
- Born: 1904 Milford, Texas ………. died 1969
- Worked: Europe, Texas
- Subject: Landscapes, figures, portraits and abstract
- Education: Art Institute of Chicago
Mary V. Chabot
- Born: 1842 Gonzales, Texas died 1929
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: portrait, landscape
- Education: Ursuline Convent
Alice Chilton
- Born: San Antonio, Texas
- Worked: Texas
- Subject floral landscape
- Education:
Mary Darter Coleman
- Born: 1894 Fort Worth, Texas ……..died 1956
- Education: TCU, Art Students League
- Worked: Texas, California
- Subject:
Wheeler Cooney
- Born:
- Worked: Texas
- Subject:
- Education:
R. Leo Cotton
- Born: 1880 San Antonio, Texas died 1946
- Worked: Texas, California
- Subject: western landscape
- Education: Holmes School of Illustration in St. Louis, Missouri
Jesse Davis
- Born: 1887 Georgetown, Texas ……died 1969
- Worked: Dallas, Texas
- Subject: landscape, portrait, mural
- Education:
Velma Davis
- Born: 1901 Waco, Texas ………….died 1988
- Worked: Dallas, Texas and Colorado
- Subject: Jewelry design
- Education: Southern Methodist University
Lois C. Denton
- Born: 1887 Clay County, Texas…… died 1980
- Worked: El Paso, Texas, California
- Subject: landscape, still life, figure
- Education:
Otis Marion Dozier
- Born: 1904 Forney, Texas……… died 1987
- Worked: Dallas, Texas, Colorado
- Subject: wildlife, nature
- Education: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Jesse Jo Eckford
- Born: 1895 Dallas, Texas …………died 1941
- Worked: Dallas, Texas, New Mexico
- Subject: landscape
- Education:
Emily Edwards
- Born: 1888 San Antonio, Texas died 1980
- Worked: San Antonio, Texas, Mexico
- Subject: children, murals
- Education: San Antonio Female Institute, Art Institute of Chicago
Frank Mudge Edwards
- Born: 1855 ……………………………….. died 1956
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: cowboy life, murals
John Enser
- Born 1898 Ennis, Texas ……………..died 1962
- Worked: Texas, Mexico, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
- Subject: landscape, still life
- Education:
John Filippone
- Born: 1894 Brackettville, Texas ….. died 1956
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: landscape
- Education:
Grace Foster
- Born: 1879 Wolfe City, Texas ………died 1931
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: landscape, animals
- Education:
Jim Franklin
- Born: 1943 Galeston, Texas
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: armadillo (hipster trademark of Texas)
- Education: SanFrancisco Art Institute
Frank Freed
- Born: 1906 San Antonio, Texas ………died 1975
- Worked: Houston, Texas
- Subject: canvases representing the frustration and perplexity of his time.
- Education: Rice University, Harvard University
Lloyd Goff
- Born: 1908 Dallas, Texas …………..died 1982
- Worked: Texas, New Mexico, New York
- Subject: sea-landscape, abstract, mural
- Education: Art Students League
Louise Goldstein
- Born: 1899 Corsicanna, Texas ……died 1982
- Worked:
- Subject: floral, landscape
- Education:
Boyer Gonzales
- Born: 1864 Houston, Texas …………died 1934
- Worked: Galveston, Texas, New York Mexico, Maine
- Subject: coastal scenes, landscapes, abstract
- Education: Williston Academy Massachusetts
Boyer Gonzales, Jr.
- Born: 1909 Galveston, Texas ………..died 1987
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: abstract
- Education: University of Virginia
Xavier Gonzalez
- Born:
- Worked:
- Subject:
- Education:
Harriet Phillips Grandstaff
- Born: 1894 Longview, Texas ………..died 1975
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: landscape, portrait
- Education: Columbia University
Louis Edward Grenet
- Born: 1856 San Antonio, Texas ……..died 1922
- Worked: Texas, France
- Subject: portrait
- Education:
Ida Weisselberg Hadra
- Born: 1861 Castroville, Texas ………..died 1885
- Worked: San Antonio, Texas
- Subject: portrait, landscape
- Education: Texas Female Institute
Minnie Hollis Haltom
- Born: 1887 Anson, Texas ……………..died 1976
- Worked:
- Subject still life, landscape, genre
- Education:
Bertha Hellman
- Born: 1900 Lagrange, Texas …………died 1976
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: mural, genre
- Education:
Polly Hoffman
- Born: 1890 Bryan, Texas ………….died 1949
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: floral, still life
- Education:
Carl Hoppe
- Born: San Antonio, Texas
- Worked: Texas
- Subject:
- Education:
Everett Jackson
- Born: 1900 Mexia, Texas ……………died 1995
- Worked: Texas, California, Mexico
- Subject: landscape, figure, childrens illistrations
- Education: Texas A&M University, Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois and also at San Diego State College
Elizabeth Keefer Boatright
- Born: 1899 Houston, Texas ………….died 1989
- Worked: Texas, New Mexico
- Subject: western themes, Indians. Outstanding works includes The Sand Painter, Storm Cloud on Wind, Black Eagle Dance, and Singing in the Moonlight.
- Education: Southern Seminary in Virginia, Art Institute in Chicago, Art Students League
Clinton King
- Born: 1901 Fort Worth, Texas ……died 1979:
- Worked: Texas, New Mexico
- Subject: portrait, still life
- Education:
Frank Klepper
- Born: 1890 Plano, Texas …………died 1952
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: landscape, portrait, still life, animal
- Education:
E. Langham
- Born: 1894 Shepherd, Texas ………..died 1983
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: landscape
- Education:
Walton Leader
- Born: 1877 marshal, Texas ……….died 1966
- Worked: Texas
- Subject: landscape, flowers
- Education:
Virginia Leberman
- Born: 1886 Austin, Texas ………………died 1968
- Subject: landscape, floral
- Worked: Texas
- Education: Art Institute of Chicago
William Lester
- Born: 1910 Graham, Texas ….died 1991
- Subject: abstract natural scenes, buildings, and people.
- Worked: Texas
- Education: Dallas Art Institute
Viveano Lopez
- Born: 1906 San Antonio, Texas ……died 1983
- Subject: floral landscape
- Worked: San Antonio, Texas
- Education:
James McCan
- Born: 1869 Victoria, Texas
- Subject: landscape
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Eloise Polk McGill
- Born: 1868 Independence, Texas …..died 1939
- Subject floral landscape, portrait
- Worked: Texas
- Education: Cape Cod School of Art
Marianna McKamy
- Born: 1929
- Subject:
- Worked:
- Education:
Ralph McLellan
- Born: 1884 San Marcos, Texas …..died 1977
- Subject: landscape, portrait
- Worked: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
- Education:
Ben Carlton Mead
- Born: 1902 Bay City, Texas ……..died 1986
- Subject: southwestern
- Worked: Texas, Southwest
- Education: Art Institute of Chicago
Alice Meredith
- Born: 1905 Dallas, Texas
- Subject: portrait
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Ella K. Mewhinney
- Born: 891 Nelsonville, Texas …………..died 1962
- Subject: landscape, still life, floral
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
James Owne Mahoney
- Born:
- Subject:
- Worked:
- Education:
Royston Nave
- Born: 1886 La Grange, Texas
- Subject: landscapes, seascapes, Texaswildflowers, still lifes, and portraits
- Worked: Texas, New York
- Education:
Alice Naylor
- Born: 1892 San Antonio, Texas ……..died 1974
- Subject: abstract southwest
- Worked: Texas
- Education: University of New Mexico, San Antonio Art Institute
Gilbert Neumann
- Born: 1906 San Antonio, Texas ……..died 1970
- Subject: landscape
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Julian Onderdonk
- Born: 1882 San Antonio, Texas …….died 1922
- Subject: floral landscape, seascape, “the Bluebonnet Painter”
- Worked: Texas, New York
- Education:
Robert Onderdonk
- Born:
- Subject: longhorn cattle
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Jessie Palmer
- Born: 1882 Lawrence, Texas ……….died 1956
- Subject portrait, landscape
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Robert Preusser
- Born: 1919 Houston, Texas ………..died 1992
- Subject: abstract
- Worked: Texas Massachusetts
Edward Dickson Reeder
- Born: 1912 Fort Worth, Texas …..died 1970
- Subject: portrait, figure
- Worked: Texas
- Education: Art Students’ League in New York
Lonnie Reese
- Born: 1910 San Antonio, Texas ……died 1990
- Subject: landscape
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Hallie Rippeteau
- Born: 1866 Independance, Texas …..died 1951
- Subject: landscape
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Emily Rutland
- Born: 1890 Taylor, Texas …………..died 1983
- Subject: farm animals, landscape
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Porfirio Salinas
- Born: 1910 Bastrop, Texas ………….died 1973
- Subject: landscape, bluebonnets
- Worked: Central texas
- Education:
Edward Muegge (Buck) Schiwetz
- Born: 1898 Cuero, Texas …………….died 1984
- Subject: Texas subjects
- Worked: Texas, Italy
- Education: Texas A&M University
Emily G. Smith
- Born: 1909 Fort Worth, Texas …………..died 1986
- Subject:landscape, floral, portrait
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Erwin E. Smith
- Born: 1886 Bonham, Texas
- Subject: cowboy, photography
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Rosaile Speed
- Born: 1908 Dallas, Texas
- Subject: street scene, landscape
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Coreen Spellman
- Born: 1905 Forney, Texas ……………..died 1978
- Subject: landscape
- Wotked: Texas
- Education:
Thomas Stell
- Born: 1898 Ceuro, Texas ………………died 1981
- Subject: portrait, mural
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
James Swann
- Born: 1905 Merkel, Texas ……………died 1985
- Subject:
- Worked: Texas
- Education: Sul Ross State University
Rolla S. Taylor
- Born: 1872 Galveston, Texas …………died 1970
- Subject: town landscape
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Lewis Teel
- Born: 1883 Clarksville, Texas ……………died 1948
- Subject: landscape, portrait
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Stephen Seymour Thomas
- Born: 1868 San Augustine, Texas ……… died 1956
- Subject: portrait, landscape
- Worked: Texas, France
- Education: Art Students League in New York
J.W. Thomason
- Born: 1893 Huntsville, Texas ……………died 1944
- Subject: military, frontier
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Olin Herman Travis
- Born: 1888 Dallas, Texas ……………..died 1975
- Subject: landscapes, genre scenes, and portraits. ravis chose Red and Black (1923) and Lakeside (1955) as among his best works
- Worked: Texas, Arkansas, florida, Great Lakes
- Education: Metropolitan Business College, Art Institute of Chicago
Margaret Tupper
- Born: 1887 San Angelo, Texas ……….died 1979
- Subject landscape, portrait, historical sites
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Bob Wade
- Born: 1943 Austin, Texas
- Subject: photo realist paintings
- Worked: Texas
- Education: University of Texas, University of California at Berkeley
Velox Ward:
- Born: 1901 Mount Vernon, Texas
- Subject: primitive, rural
- Worked: Texas
Beulah Watts
- Born: 1872 Homer, Texas ……………died 1941
- Subject: wildflowers, landscape-pine trees
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
Leonie Weisser
- Born: 1890 Four Oaks (Seguin), Texas … died 1978
- Subject: wildflowers, landscape
- Worked: Texas
- Education: Coronal Institute, College of Industrial Arts (now Texas Woman’s University), Southwestern University
Clara M. Williamson
- Born: 1875 Iredell, Texas ……………………..died 1976
- Subject: primitive memory paintings
- Worked: Texas
- Education: SMU, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
James Buchanan (Buck) Winn, Jr.
- Born: 1905 Celina, Texas
- Subject: mural
- Worked: Texas
- Education: Washington University in St. Louis, Académie Julian in Paris, France
Julius Woeltz
- Born: 1911 San Antonio, Texas ……………died 1956
- Subject: landscape, still life, portrait
- Worked: Texas
- Education:
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