A New Visual Vocabulary: Developments in Texas Modernism from 1935-1965

A New Visual Vocabulary:Developments in Texas Modernism from 1935-1965July 18 – October 8, 2014

A New Visual Vocabulary:Developments in Texas Modernism from 1935-1965

On View: Friday, July 18 - Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Viewing Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Location: One Allen Center, Lobby Level Gallery500 Dallas Street, Houston, Texas 77002

A New Visual Vocabulary1

Cover Images, clockwise from top left: Dave McManaway, Jomo Gift, Richard Stout, Time After Time, Ruth Pershing Uhler, Earth Rhythms #2

“Texas might have been one of the last states of the Union where a person could expect to find a vital current of modernist painting and sculpture in the mid-twentieth century. Texas popular taste in art, like the majority of Americans, favored traditional modes. Modern art originated in Europe, a fact that seems antithetical to the independent spirit of Texas, with its historic struggles against foreign intervention. Yet the same Texas that encouraged political independence and free-spirited citizens turned out to be fertile ground for an autonomous spirit in sculpture and painting. For centuries, Texas has been shaped by the geologic characteristics of its land as well as by the rugged determination of those who choose to inhabit it. The state’s vast geography and secessionary zeal allowed artists to work in whatever style of art they pleased. Many drew literal and metaphoric inspiration from the land; still others abandoned any semblance of mimetic representation. Some Texas modernists were indeed independent-minded and passionate, embodying a new incarnation of the Texas myth."

- Adapted from Katie Robinson Edwards, Ph.D., Midcentury Modern Art in Texas (University of Texas Press, 2014).

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Artist Title Date Medium Dimensions (in.) Retail1 Adickes, David Still Life for Ann Holmes 1957 pen, ink and oil on canvas 24 x 16 $4,0002 Bomar, Bill West Immage c.1965 oil on canvas 10 x 14 $2,500 3 Bott, Harvey Traceries 1965 acrylic on scored and etched MDF 24 x 19 POR4 Boynton, Jack Drawing Five 1959 pencil on paper 10 x 7 $1,0005 Boynton, Jack Untitled Drawing 1 1959 graphite 7.75 x 6.5 $1,0006 Boynton, Jack Untitled Drawing 2 1959 graphite 8.75 x 6 $1,0007 Brants, Cynthia Still life with Bones 1946 oil on canvas 19 x 32 POR8 Bywaters, Jerry Mexican Mother, Ed. 2/50 1936 lithograph 16 x 12.5 $2,800 9 Collins, Lowell Oyster Shucker 1946 oil on canvas 30 x 24 NFS10 Condon, Bill Cathedral 1966 oil on canvas 36 x 24 $4,80011 Culwell, Ben Untitled 56-2 1956 mixed media on board 20.75 x 44.75 $9,50012 Dolejska, Frank As Never 1938 oil on masonite 15.5 x 16.5 NFS13 Dozier, Otis Grasshopper & Rooster 1945 oil on masonite 18 x 24 POR14 Eades, Luis Iguana in my Backyard 1956 casein on paper 11.5 x 17.5 $1,20015 Edelman, Don Still Life 1953 oil on board 19.75 x 25.75 $4,80016 Fearing, Kelly Little Gold Bird 1961 gold leaf and watercolor 10 x 12.5 $1,20017 Fearing, Kelly Saint with Lion c.1947 mixed media 14 x 10 $1,80018 Fogel, Seymour Buzzard 1953 oil on masonite 20 x 24 $7,50019 Fogel, Seymour Untitled (Angel verso) 1954 mixed media on masonite 22 x 43 $9,50020 Frary, Michael Construction on the Beach c.1955 oil on masonite 17.5 x 23.5 $10,00021 Freed, Frank Picasso 1957 oil on canvas board 10 x 8 $2,60022 Fridge, Roy Wood Construction c.1965 mixed media 12.5 x 10 x 4 NFS23 Gadbois, Henri White Sands 1954 oil on canvas 24 x 34 $4,20024 Guerin, John Landscape (By the Coast) c.1964 oil on canvas 20 x 25 $2,80025 Helfensteller, Veronica Earthquake c.1948 watercolor 11 x 9.5 $2,40026 Hood, Dorothy To the Macrocosm c.1960 oil on canvas 60 x 50 POR27 Johnson, Lucas Untitled (People Looking Up) 1970 mixed media on paper 22 x 34 $4,20028 Kinzinger, Edmund Young Girl 1938 oil on board 26 x 22 $3,80029 Lea, Stanley Antiques c.1954 oil on canvas board 18 x 24 $2,60030 Lester, William Going for Bait 1957 oil on linen 44 x 30 POR


Artist Title Date Medium Dimensions (in.) Retail31 Love, Jim Milk Bottles with Utters c.1960 bronze 12 x 10 x 4 NFS32 Maxwell, Paul Untitled (Blue Bottles) 1966 oil on canvas 25 x 30 $2,50033 McConnell, Leila Eclipse in Blue 1968 oil on canvas 24 x 24 $2,20034 McManaway, Dave Jomo Gift c.1965 mixed media 9 x 9.5 x 4 NFS35 Mears, Herb Still Life c.1961 oil on canvas 28 x 75 $8,50036 Mood, Martha Safari #9 c.1965-1970 tapestry 89 x 64 $5,00037 Morris, Robert Floaters c.1969 acrylic on board 8 x 10 $1,10038 Phenix, Harold Roma c.1970 watercolor 19.5 x 13.5 $3,800 39 Preusser, Robert Organic Structures 1938 oil on panel 11.5 x 13.5 $5,000 40 Preusser, Robert Unknown Location c.1930s oil on masonite 8 x 10 $4,200 41 Reily, Bill Bird and Fish 1952 casein on paper 18 x 23 $4,00042 Reily, Bill Scarecrows in a Field 1958 mixed media 14 x 21 $2,60043 Schiwetz, E.M. “Buck” Market, New Orleans c.1955 pastel on paper 13.5 x 17 $7,500 44 Snowden, Chester Untitled - Factory c.1960 oil on board 18 x 24 $2,50045 Spruce, Everett Peak & Canyon 1956 oil on board 22 x 24 POR46 Staley, Earl Abstract Landscape I 1961 mixed media on board 16 x 14 $1,30047 Staley, Earl Abstract Landscape II 1961 mixed media on board 18 x 14 $1,30048 Stout, Richard Time after Time 1962 oil on canvas 70 x 52 $9,000 49 Sullivan, Stella Portrait of McCracken 1957 oil on canvas 30 x 24 $3,50050 Travis, Olin Barn Near Garland, Texas c.1950 oil on canvasboard 12 x 16 $7,50051 Trotter, McKie Nocturnal c.1959 casein on masonite 48 x 21 $6,80052 Uhler, Ruth Pershing Earth Rhythms #2 c.1935-36 oil on canvas 20 x 24 SOLD53 Utter, Bror Men at Work 1950 gouache on paper 20 x 16 $6,50054 Williams, Charles T. Cowboy 1949 wood and copper 22.5 x 16 x 16 NFS55 Williams, Charles T. Family Group 1959 cast bronze 31 x 27 x 7.7 NFS56 Wray, Dick No Good Black Magic 1962 mixed media 16.25 x 20.25 $7,000




1. David Adickes, Still Life for Ann Holmes, 1957, pen ink and oil on canvas, 24 x 16 inches.

2. Bill Bomar, West Immage, c.1965, oil on canvas, 10 x 14 inches.


3. Harvey Bott, Traceries, 1965, acrylic on scored and etched MDF board, 24 x 19 inches.


4. Jack Boynton, Drawing Five, 1959, graphite, 10 x 7 inches.

5. Jack Boynton, Untitled Drawing 1, 1959, graphite, 7.75 x 6.5 inches.

6. Jack Boynton, Untitled Drawing 2, 1959, graphite, 8.75 x 6 inches.


7. Cynthia Brants, Still life with Bones, 1946, oil on canvas, 19 x 32 inches.


8. Jerry Bywaters, Mexican Mother, 1936, ed. 2 of 50, lithograph, 16.5 x 12.5 inches.

9. Lowell Collins, Oyster Shucker, 1946, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches.


10. Bill Condon, Cathedral, 1966, oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches.


12. Frank Dolejska, As Ever, 1938, oil on masonite, 15.5 x 16.5 inches.

11. Ben Culwell, Untitled 56-2, 1956, mixed media on board, 20.75 x 44.75 inches.


13. Otis Dozier, Rooster and Grasshoppers, 1945, oil on masonite, 18 x 24 inches.


14. Luis Eades, Iguana in my Backyard, 1956, casein on paper, 11.5 x 17.5 inches.

15. Don Edelman, Still Life, 1953, oil on canvas, 19.75 x 25.75 inches.


16. Kelly Fearing, Little Gold Bird, 1961, gold leaf and watercolor, 10 x 12.5 inches.

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


19. Fogel, Untitled (Angel verso), 1954, mixed media on masonite, 22 x 43 inches.

18. Seymour Fogel, Buzzards, 1953, encaustic on board, 20 x 24 inches.


20. Michael Frary, Construction on the Beach, oil on masonite, 17.75 x 23.75 inches.

21. Frank Freed, Picasso, 1957, oil on canvas board, 10 x 8 inches.


22. Roy Fridge, Wood Construction, c.1965, mixed media, 12.5 x 10 x 4 inches.


23. Henri Gadbois, White Sands, 1954, oil on canvas, 24 x 34 inches.

24. John Guerin, Landscape (By the Coast), c.1964, oil on canvas, 20 x 25 inches.


25. Veronica Helfensteller, Earthquake, c.1948, watercolor, 11 x 9.5 inches.


26. Dorothy Hood, To the Macrocosm, c.1960, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 inches.


27. Lucas Johnson, Untitled (People Looking Up), 1970, mixed media on paper, 22 x 34 inches.

28. Edmund Kinzinger, Young Girl, 1938, oil on board, 26 x 22 inches.


29. Stanley Lea, Antiques, c.1954, oil on canvas board, 18 x 24 inches.


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


31. Jim Love, Milk Bottle with Utters, c.1960, 12 x 10 x 4 inches.

32. Paul Maxwell, Untitled (Blue Bottles), 1966, oc, 25 x 30 inches.


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

34. Dave McManaway, Jomo Gift, c.1965, mixed media, 9 x 9.5 x 4 inches.


35. Herb Mears, Still Life, c.1961, oil on canvas, 28 x 75 inches.


36. Martha Mood, Safari #3, c.1965-70, tapestry, 89 x 64 inches.


37. Robert Morris, Floaters, c.1969, acrylic on board, 8 x 10 inches.

38. Harold Phenix, Roma, c.1970, watercolor, 19.5 x 13.5 inches.


39. Robert Preusser, Location Unknown, c.1930, oil on panel, 8 x 10 inches.

40. Robert Preusser, Organic Forms, 1938, oil on panel, 11.5 x 13.5 inches.


41. Bill Reily, Bird and Fish, 1952, casein on paper, 18 x 23 inches.

42. Bill Reily, Scarecrows in a Field, 1958, mixed media, 14 x 21 inches.


43. E.M.”Buck” Schiwetz, Market, New Orleans, c.1955, pastel, 13.5 x 17 inches.

44. Chester Snowden, Untitled - Factory, c.1960, oil on board, 18 x 24 inches.


45. Everett Spruce, Peak & Canyon, 1956, oil on board, 22 x 24 inches.


46. Earl Staley, Abstract Landscape I, 1961, mixed media on board, 16 x 14 inches.

47. Earl Staley, Abstract Landscape II, 1961, mixed media on board, 18 x 14 inches.


48. Richard Stout, Time After Time, 1962, oil on canvas, 70 x 52 inches.


49. Stella Sullivan, Portrait of David Moncrief, 1952, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches.

50. Olin Travis, Barn near Garland, Texas, c.1950, oil on canvas board, 12 x 16 inches.


51. McKie Trotter, Nocturnal, c.1959, casein on masonite, 48 x 21 inches.


52. Ruth Pershing Uhler, Earth Rhythms #2, c.1935-36, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches.


53. Bror Utter, Men at Work, 1950, gouache on paper, 20 x 16 inches.

54. Charles T. Williams, Cowboy, 1949, wood and copper, 22.5 x 16 x 16 inches.


55. Charles T. Williams, Family Group, 1959, cast bronze, 31 x 27 x 7.5 inches.


56. Dick Wray, No Good Black Magic, 1962, mixed media, 16.25 x 20.25 inches.



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