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Texas-Best Art

The Native Texas Painters

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: