Henri Gadbois Art
American, b. 1930
Henri Gadbois was a second-generation Houston artist. A native Houstonian, Gadbois graduated from Lamar High School and the University of Houston, receiving bachelor of fine arts and master of letters degrees. Although his main interest had been in painting the Texas landscape, he was also interested in primitive rug hooking, quilting and ceramics. He spent as much time as possible with his artist wife, Leila McConnell, at their home in the Texas hill country in Ingram, Texas.
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Period: 1950s
Artist: Henri Gadbois
"The Juggler"
By Henri Gadbois
Located in San Antonio, TX
Henri Gadbois (Born 1930) Houston Artist Image Size: 29 x 13 Frame Size: 34 x 18 Medium: Oil 1953 Mid Century Modern Juggler
Biography
Henri Gadbois (1930 - present)
1930 Born Houston, Texas St. Joseph’s Hospital
1947 Ceramic Bowl accepted in the Texas General
1948 Graduated Lamar High School, Houston, Texas
Houston Artists Exhibit 1948 to 1960
1952 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Houston
Instructor Museum of Fine Arts, Houston School (Now the Glassel School)
1952 to 1965:
“16 Texas Painters” Valley House Gallery, Dallas Texas
1953 Master of Letters, University of Houston
Registrar, Business Manager, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
One-man Exhibit, James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas
1954 U.S. Army, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, Camp Gordon, Augusta, Georgia
Archives of American Art, Personal Papers 1954 to 1970
“Red Tights” Allied Art Purchase Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Clump of Trees, Hermann Park” Western Artists Exhibit, Denver, Colorado
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Art Rental Exhibit
1955 One-Man Exhibit, Herbert Institute, Augusta Georgia
793 MP Battalion, Nurnberg, Germany
Studio space at University of Georgia, Furth, Germany
1956 Married Leila McConnell August 18, 1956
Art Teacher, Houston Public Schools
Chaired Exhibit “Contemporary German Graphics” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
Exhibit, Men of Art Guild, San Antonio, Texas
“Landscape-Stuttgart” Flaxman Purchase prize, Houston Artists Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1957 “Three Tiered Formation”, American Federation of Arts Survey of Texas Painting
“Illogical Organism” Bute Gallery
1958 “Budding Stump”, Feldman Collection
Exhibit, Little Studio, New York, New York
“Espaliered Burlap” Autumn Show, Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana
One-Man Exhibit, Rudi’s Club, Houston, Texas
Texas Fine Art Association Exhibit, Austin, Texas
TFAA Circulating Exhibit 1958-1959, San Marcos, Seguin, Corpus Christi, Edinburg, Brownsville, and Kingsville
“Night Crossing”, Four-man Exhibit Petroleum Club, Houston, Texas
“Gold Flow” Texas ’58 Circulating Exhibit
“White Out” Honorable Mention, Houston Artists Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Spring”, Terrace Show, Handmakers, Houston, Texas
“Winter”, “Start With Art” Exhibit, Junior League, Houston, Texas
1959 One-man Exhibit, Driscoll Gallery, Austin, Texas
One-man Exhibit, Houston Geophysical Club, Houston, Texas
Faculty-Student Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Dallas Art Rental, Dallas, Texas
“Winter”, Western Artists Exhibit, Denver, Colorado
“Portrait of a Dress” Junior League, Houston, Texas
1960 “Field Patterns, Europe” One-man exhibit James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas
1961 Instructor Hill Country Arts Foundation 1961 to 197?
“ Katy Road”, Texas Annual Exhibit, San Antonio Art league Purchase Prize, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas
1962 “Field Pattern, Wurzburg” Western Arts Exhibit, Denver Colorado
One-man Exhibit, St. Luke’s Church, Houston, Texas
“Mystic Road, Germany” Azalea Trail Exhibit, River Oaks Garden Forum, Houston, Texas
Art Teacher, Robert E. Lee High School, Houston
1963 One-man Exhibit, James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Landscape at Nysa”, Longview Invitational, Longview, Texas
1964 Chaired...
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