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Henri Gadbois Figurative Paintings

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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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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1950s Modern Henri Gadbois Figurative Paintings

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Still Life of Flowers in a Vase
By Henri Gadbois
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful painting of white and yellow daisies in a vase by Henri Gadbois circa 1963. Artist Biography: Henri Gadbois is a second generation Houston artist. Gadbois, a native Houstonian, graduated from Lamar High School and University of Houston, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Letters Degrees. Although his main interest has been in painting the Texas landscape, he is also interested in rug hooking...
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1960s Impressionist Henri Gadbois Figurative Paintings

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