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French Watercolor - Le Guerzit Coastline
French Watercolor - Le Guerzit Coastline

French Watercolor - Le Guerzit Coastline

Located in Houston, TX

Relaxing watercolor seascape of the varied coastline along Le Guerzit, France by artist C. Querneville, circa 1940. Titled and signed lower left. Original artwork on paper displaye...

Category

1940s Texas - Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Dealing with Death
Dealing with Death

Dealing with Death

By Miles Cleveland Goodwin

Located in Dallas, TX

Working in his open-air studio, Miles Cleveland Goodwin is deeply in touch with the rural landscape. Goodwin’s ruminative portrayals, full of earthy metaphor and soulful intuition, e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Texas - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood

Autobiography
Autobiography

Autobiography

By Robert Rauschenberg

Located in Houston, TX

Robert Rauschenberg Autobiography, 1968 Three panel offset lithograph on three sheets of paper 66 1/4 x 48 3/4 inches each Ed. 2000, unsigned Unframed Can be displayed horizontally o...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Texas - Art

Materials

Lithograph

"BLUEBONNET AND HUISACHE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 23 X 27
"BLUEBONNET AND HUISACHE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 23 X 27

"BLUEBONNET AND HUISACHE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 23 X 27

By Pedro Lazcano

Located in San Antonio, TX

Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 16 x 20 Frame Size: 23 x 27 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Bluebonnet and Huisache" Texas Hill Country Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I wa...

Category

1960s Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #III by Allan Grant

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #III by Allan Grant

By Allan Grant

Located in Austin, TX

Marilyn Monroe in her last formal photo shoot captured by legendary photographer Allan Grant on July 7, 1962. In the summer of 1962, LIFE magazine sent two journalists to spend time...

Category

1960s Other Art Style Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #XII by Allan Grant

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #XII by Allan Grant

By Allan Grant

Located in Austin, TX

Marilyn Monroe in her last formal photo shoot captured by legendary photographer Allan Grant on July 7, 1962. In the summer of 1962, LIFE magazine sent two journalists to spend time...

Category

1960s Other Art Style Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #IX by Allan Grant

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #IX by Allan Grant

By Allan Grant

Located in Austin, TX

Marilyn Monroe in her last formal photo shoot captured by legendary photographer Allan Grant on July 7, 1962. In the summer of 1962, LIFE magazine sent two journalists to spend time...

Category

1960s Other Art Style Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #VI by Allan Grant

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #VI by Allan Grant

By Allan Grant

Located in Austin, TX

Marilyn Monroe in her last formal photo shoot captured by legendary photographer Allan Grant on July 7, 1962. In the summer of 1962, LIFE magazine sent two journalists to spend time...

Category

1960s Other Art Style Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #I by Allan Grant

Marilyn Monroe - The Lost Last Photographs #I by Allan Grant

By Allan Grant

Located in Austin, TX

Marilyn Monroe in her last formal photo shoot captured by legendary photographer Allan Grant on July 7, 1962. In the summer of 1962, LIFE magazine sent two journalists to spend time...

Category

1960s Other Art Style Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"LONG LEAF PINE"  EAST TEXAS DOLLIE NABINGER (1905-1988)
"LONG LEAF PINE"  EAST TEXAS DOLLIE NABINGER (1905-1988)

"LONG LEAF PINE" EAST TEXAS DOLLIE NABINGER (1905-1988)

By Dollie Nabinger

Located in San Antonio, TX

Dollie Nabinger (1905-1988) Victoria, Harlingen, Nacogdoches, Fredericksburg, Carrollton, Painter Dollie Nabinger (1905-1988) Victoria, Harlingen, Nacogdoches, Fredericksburg, Carrol...

Category

1960s Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

"FLOWERS" STILL LIFE OIL ON CANVAS APPLIED BY PALETTE KNIFE DATED 2001
"FLOWERS" STILL LIFE OIL ON CANVAS APPLIED BY PALETTE KNIFE DATED 2001

"FLOWERS" STILL LIFE OIL ON CANVAS APPLIED BY PALETTE KNIFE DATED 2001

By Jose Vives-Atsara

Located in San Antonio, TX

Jose Vives-Atsara (1919-2004) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 30 x 24 Frame Size: 38.75 x 32.75 Medium: Oil on Canvas Applied by Palette Knife Dated 2001 "Flowers" Biography Jose Vives-Atsara (1919-2004) His list of Pallbearers says it all. They were not just buyers of his art they were some of his closest friends. Pallbearers: E. Glenn Biggs, James M. Cavender, III, Tom C. Frost, Jr., James W. Gorman, Jr., George B. Irish, Joseph R. Krier, Robert L. Mooney and H. Bartell Zachry, Jr. Jose Vives-Atsara was born April 13, 1919, in Villafranca del Penedes near Barcelona, Spain. A native Spaniard, he developed a love of painting at an early age, and by age 11 had committed himself to becoming an artist. He studied at Colegio de San Ramon and had his first one-person show at age 14. The Spanish Civil interrupted his idyllic young life as he was forced to serve in the Communist Army, and then was imprisoned, suffering many hardships. Soon after the war he married Emilia Hill Domenech, and in 1947 set out to move with his wife and child aboard a tramp steamer to the United States. Unfortunately, immigration quotas did not allow them to move directly to the United States, and it was eight years before they achieved that goal. During this interim before obtaining temporary visas, he and his family lived first, in Caracas, Venezuela and then in Mexico City, Mexico. The family settled in San Antonio, Texas, where he had made friends on a previous visit. He and his wife and children gained citizenship in time for their first Christmas in the United States. He became such an exemplary immigrant citizen that officials of the U.S. District Court for the Western District Court regularly invited him to share his thoughts and advice for living in America with newly naturalized citizens Vives-Atsara also developed a close relationship with the Incarnate Word College, becoming, over the years, both a professor of art, and Artist in Residence. As a painter, he depicted many local scenes including San Antonio missions and the San Antonio River. For special guests such as Pope John Paul II, heads of state, and royalty from foreign countries, he was commissioned to provide paintings as gifts. His paintings were also commissioned for Frost Bank and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. For his vibrant oil paintings, he used only nine colors, mixed in a variety of ways. They have been described as both realistic and impressionistic. "Vives-Atsara believed that art is a reflection of the artist's soul, if this is true; his paintings reflect a beautiful, bright spirit." (Richardson) Jose Vives-Atsara died in San Antonio on January 13, 2004 and is buried there in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. Jose Vives-Atsara was born in Vilafranca del Panades in the Catalonian region of Spain on April 30, 1919. As a small boy he loved to sketch with pencil and paper. He began painting at the age of eleven. His first one-man show came at the ripe old age of fourteen. From that time on, painting has been his love and his way of life. Jose studied art at Saint Raymond College and School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. He is quick to admit that his most inspirational teacher has been nature itself. Mr. Vives-Atsara came to San Antonio in 1956 where he has established his art career. His use of a palette knife in painting allows him to blend rich pure pigments to achieve his goal of creating a powerful statement of color directly on the canvas. This style is intended to produce works that are distinctively 'Vives-Atsara'. Vives-Atsara is represented in public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Spain; Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas; His Royal Highness Juan Carlos...

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

Hot Pink, Light Pink and Vermillion Excess Trio (texture thick  paint)
Hot Pink, Light Pink and Vermillion Excess Trio (texture thick  paint)

Hot Pink, Light Pink and Vermillion Excess Trio (texture thick paint)

By Chloe Hedden

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Hot Pink, Light Rose, and Vermillion Excess Trio Combo by Chloe Hedden erupts in a visceral symphony of heat, sweetness, and saturation—an unapologetic celebration of color’s emotion...

Category

2010s Pop Art Texas - Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

North Sea

North Sea

By Mimmo Paladino

Located in Dallas, TX

from the Padoli Monotypes III

Category

1970s Modern Texas - Art

Materials

Monotype

The Cure 1980 by Jill Furmanovsky
The Cure 1980 by Jill Furmanovsky

The Cure 1980 by Jill Furmanovsky

By Jill Furmanovsky

Located in Austin, TX

Signed limited edition fine art print of The Cure on the road in Holland and Belgium during their 1980 'Seventeen Seconds' tour. Signed and numbered by Jill Furmanovsky in pencil an...

Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Modern Red, Blue, Green, & Yellow Mixed Media Abstract Linear Painting
Modern Red, Blue, Green, & Yellow Mixed Media Abstract Linear Painting

Modern Red, Blue, Green, & Yellow Mixed Media Abstract Linear Painting

Located in Houston, TX

Modern red, blue, green, and yellow mixed media abstract painting by the artist Bert Millar. The work features vertical stripes of various colors set against a light grey wash of col...

Category

1970s Abstract Texas - Art

Materials

Mixed Media

SHINE ON DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (pastels crystals realist oil painting canvas)
SHINE ON DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (pastels crystals realist oil painting canvas)

SHINE ON DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (pastels crystals realist oil painting canvas)

By Chloe Hedden

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Shine On: Diamonds Are Forever is a dazzling oil painting by Chloe Hedden that captures the radiant essence of a cut diamond in luminous, painterly detail. With a kaleidoscope of ref...

Category

2010s Abstract Texas - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tickets Please - David Bowie in Japan

Tickets Please - David Bowie in Japan

By Blaise Hayward

Located in Austin, TX

David Bowie, Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan 1973 Signed limited edition photographic print by Blaise Hayward from his series “Tickets Please” These editioned digital pi...

Category

2010s Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Reflections  American Luminism, Texas  Louisiana Landscapes, ethereal landscapes
Reflections  American Luminism, Texas  Louisiana Landscapes, ethereal landscapes

Reflections American Luminism, Texas Louisiana Landscapes, ethereal landscapes

By Chris Burkholder

Located in Houston, TX

Reflections is one on the artist's paintings in the style of Luminism. Known for his ethereal landscapes, Chris Burkholder’s style can be described as American Luminism. Luminism is ...

Category

2010s American Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Acrylic, Cotton Canvas

"OUTSKIRTS" WATERCOLOR TEXAS ARTIST JOSEPHINE MAHAFFEY (1903-1982)
"OUTSKIRTS" WATERCOLOR TEXAS ARTIST JOSEPHINE MAHAFFEY (1903-1982)

"OUTSKIRTS" WATERCOLOR TEXAS ARTIST JOSEPHINE MAHAFFEY (1903-1982)

By Josephine Mahaffey

Located in San Antonio, TX

Josephine Mahaffey (1903-1982) Texas Image Size: 8.5 x 6.75 Frame Size: 13 x 11 Medium: Watercolor "Outskirts" Biography Josephine Mahaffey (1903-1982) In 1968, she was honored at th...

Category

20th Century Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Watercolor

KAWS - Companion - Brown version- MOMA 2017 - Painted Cast Vinyl
KAWS - Companion - Brown version- MOMA 2017 - Painted Cast Vinyl

KAWS - Companion - Brown version- MOMA 2017 - Painted Cast Vinyl

By KAWS

Located in Dallas, TX

KAWS's cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his o...

Category

2010s Pop Art Texas - Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

"Mountain Road" Contemporary Realistic Colorado Aspen Tree Landscape Painting
"Mountain Road" Contemporary Realistic Colorado Aspen Tree Landscape Painting

"Mountain Road" Contemporary Realistic Colorado Aspen Tree Landscape Painting

By Jerry Greenberg

Located in Houston, TX

Contemporary realistic Colorado landscape nature painting by Houston based artist Jerry Greenberg. The work features sunlight streaming onto a rock path lined with aspen trees. Signed in the front lower right corner as well as titled on the reverse. Currently hung in a gold frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 24 in. x W 24 in. Artist Biography: I have a deep appreciation for nature. In my work I seek to convey the landscape as I experience it emotionally as well as visually. I travel frequently throughout the United States and Europe in search of new landscapes. Some of my favorite subjects include rivers and creeks in the Texas hill country; aspen trees in the Rocky Mountains; ponds in New England; and lush rolling hills in the English countryside. My influences include French and Russian Impressionists and early California landscape...

Category

2010s Naturalistic Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

Texas Longhorn and Sheep  Realism 20" x 16" oil  Bovine  Landscape Animals
Texas Longhorn and Sheep  Realism 20" x 16" oil  Bovine  Landscape Animals

Texas Longhorn and Sheep Realism 20" x 16" oil Bovine Landscape Animals

By Luke Autrey

Located in Houston, TX

Texas Longhorn and Sheep Realism 20" x 16" oil Bovine Landscape Animals The Duo is an 20 X 16 oil on canvas painting of a sheep and a longhorn who look as if they are in searc...

Category

2010s American Realist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Street Scene with Women and a Beggar
Street Scene with Women and a Beggar

Street Scene with Women and a Beggar

By Chester Dixon Snowden 1

Located in Houston, TX

Watercolor painting of a street scene with two females and a man that appears to be a beggar. The work is signed by the artist. It is framed in a black frame with a yellow matte. Dim...

Category

1950s Naturalistic Texas - Art

Materials

Watercolor

Monumental Red Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1969
Monumental Red Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1969

Monumental Red Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1969

Located in Arp, TX

Monumental Red Abstract Milburn Smith March 1969 Acrylic paint on canvas 65 x 64 x 1.25 Signed and dated lower right in ink Very Good Condition: Consistent with age and history. Fro...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Texas - Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Forms" Black, Green, Red, and Orange Abstract Geometric Painting
"Forms" Black, Green, Red, and Orange Abstract Geometric Painting

"Forms" Black, Green, Red, and Orange Abstract Geometric Painting

Located in Houston, TX

This painting is a great example of David Adickes' early work that embodies the abstract geometric style. Most likely originally sold at DuBose Gallery in Houston, Texas. Circa 1960s...

Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Texas - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Muhammad Ali Taping Fists by Michael Brennan.

Muhammad Ali Taping Fists by Michael Brennan.

By Michael Brennan

Located in Austin, TX

Signed limited edition print of American professional boxer and activist Muhammad Ali during a training session at his training camp on 58 Sculps Hill Road, Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, ...

Category

1970s Photorealist Texas - Art

Materials

C Print

Abstract Art, Vivid Watercolor - Rolling Colors, Kemija, 1980
Abstract Art, Vivid Watercolor - Rolling Colors, Kemija, 1980

Abstract Art, Vivid Watercolor - Rolling Colors, Kemija, 1980

Located in Houston, TX

Transfixing and vivid watercolor of abstract striated colors, rolling together like leaves in the wind or waves of sand dunes. Signed lower right by Kejima, 1980. Original artwork o...

Category

1980s Contemporary Texas - Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

River Scene
River Scene

River Scene

By Jean Metzinger

Located in Austin, TX

"River Scene" Artist: Jean Metzinger Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 23" x 28.75" Date 1902-3 Signed, bottom right. Metzinger Catalogue Raisonne Number: AM-...

Category

20th Century Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Miles Davis, Porgy and Bess recording session by Don Hunstein

Miles Davis, Porgy and Bess recording session by Don Hunstein

By Don Hunstein

Located in Austin, TX

Miles Davis, taken during the Porgy and Bess recording session by Don Hunstein taken in New York, 1958. Estate stamped limited edition print from the official Don Hunstein Estate. ...

Category

1950s Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe by Douglas Kirkland

Marilyn Monroe by Douglas Kirkland

By Douglas Kirkland

Located in Austin, TX

Marilyn Monroe 1961 portrait by Douglas Kirkland Douglas Kirkland (1934-2022) was one of the most influential photographers of his generation, emerging during the golden age of 1960...

Category

Late 20th Century Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Becquet
Becquet

Becquet

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Plano, TX

J. Becquet, Sculptor (The Fiddler). 1859. Drypoint. Kennedy 52 state iv; Glasgow 62. state i. 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 (sheet 15 5/16 x 9 3/4). Series: "Sixteen Etchings or Scenes on the Thame...

Category

Mid-19th Century American Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

3rd to 5th Century Coptic Egyptian Textile fragment beige dark blue Brocade
3rd to 5th Century Coptic Egyptian Textile fragment beige dark blue Brocade

3rd to 5th Century Coptic Egyptian Textile fragment beige dark blue Brocade

Located in Austin, TX

Textile size 8.5 x 10 in. Frame size 13.5 x 15 in. This piece is an ancient Coptic Egyptian textile fragment, dating from the 3rd to 5th century CE. It is composed of a coarse, plai...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Texas - Art

Materials

Textile, Linen, Dye

Watercolor Landscape - Venice
Watercolor Landscape - Venice

Watercolor Landscape - Venice

Located in Houston, TX

Impressionist style watercolor of a early evening scene along the canals of Venice, Italy, circa 1990. Signed lower right. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a w...

Category

1990s Texas - Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Gargoyle and His Quarry
The Gargoyle and His Quarry

The Gargoyle and His Quarry

By John Taylor Arms

Located in Plano, TX

The Gargoyle and His Quarry, Notre Dame. 1920. Etching.Fletcher 90. 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 (sheet 10 1/2 x 9 1/16). Gargoyle series #1. Edition 75. A rich impression printed on 'FJHead&Co' c...

Category

1920s American Modern Texas - Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Bluebonnets, Oak, and Yucca
Bluebonnets, Oak, and Yucca

Bluebonnets, Oak, and Yucca

Located in Houston, TX

Willian A. Slaughter (1923-2003) William A. Slaughter was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1923 and died in Dallas, Texas December 2003. His first call was to the ministry and after ser...

Category

1970s Realist Texas - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La poire
La poire

La poire

By Laurent Schkolnyk

Located in Dallas, TX

This is a three-plate color mezzotint. The mat dimensions are 20 x 16 inches. Signed "Schkolnyk" at lower right.

Category

20th Century Art Deco Texas - Art

Materials

Mezzotint

"Lazy Days Blues"  TEXAS BLUEBONNETS,  NICE LARGER SIZE LANDSCAPE CIRCA 1950
"Lazy Days Blues"  TEXAS BLUEBONNETS,  NICE LARGER SIZE LANDSCAPE CIRCA 1950

"Lazy Days Blues" TEXAS BLUEBONNETS, NICE LARGER SIZE LANDSCAPE CIRCA 1950

By Porfirio Salinas

Located in San Antonio, TX

Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 25 x 30 Frame Size: 34 x 39 Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa 1950 "Lazy Day Blues" Texas Bluebonnet Biography Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas. From the years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained one of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Today, his works remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of the beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the state. One of the first Mexican American painters to become widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Texas Governor John Connelly. In fact, President Johnson was so enamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever be associated with America's first Texas-born President. Works by Porfirio Salinas is in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art. Porfirio Salinas was born on November 6, 1910, near the small town of Bastrop, Texas, about thirty miles from Austin. His father, Porfirio G. Salinas (1881-1967), and his mother, Clara G. Chavez, struggled to make a hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to give up farming. The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the scenic area around Bastrop, with its pine trees and the wide expanse of the Rio Grande River, would forever remain a touchstone for the artist. For the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently to visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. When in Bastrop, Porfirio painted on the banks of the Rio Grande or in the groves of pine trees. The Salinas family was close-knit, and Porfirio was the middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as well as a younger brother and sister. His mother was a native of Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to Mexico to visit Clara Salinas' family. As a child growing up in the bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work that was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Many years later in an article in the New York Times he was described as a "boy whose textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watching artists paint in and around San Antonio. As an aspiring painter, Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the most active art scene in Texas. It was his exposure to older, professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as a career with any future for his son. When Salinas was about fifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Wood (1889-1979). He met Wood while he was employed in an art supply store and he soon began to work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from Portland to San Antonio in 1924. Although the diminutive Englishman was already an established professional artist, he did not have a great deal of formal art training and so he was then studying with the academically trained Spanish painter Jose Arpa (1858-1952) in order to augment his knowledge and give his work a more polished look. Salinas was an eager young man, and while working in Wood's downtown San Antonio studio he learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air studies for the English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills outside San Antonio, where they painted small Plein-air studies of fields of blue lupin - the state flower, the famous "Bluebonnets" of Texas - in the springtime and scenes of the gnarled Red Oaks as they changed color in the fall. He was soon assisting Wood in the tedious work of painting the tiny blue flowers that collectors wanted to see in the landscapes they purchased of central Texas. According to a 1972 newspaper story, "Legend has it that one day in the 1920s artist Robert Wood decided he could not bear to paint another bluebonnet in one of his landscapes. He hired young Porfirio Salinas to paint them in for him at five dollars a painting." Whether this story is accurate or apocryphal isn't clear, but the ambitious and independent young Salinas wasn't destined to be anyone's assistant for very long. The formative event of Porfirio Salinas' teenage years was the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions, a Roaring-Twenties dream of the eccentric oilman Edgar B. Davis (1873-1951). These competitive shows of paintings of wildflowers and Texas life were mounted in San Antonio from 1927 to 1929. Held at the newly opened Witte Museum each spring, the exhibition featured large cash prizes donated by the philanthropic Davis, which were an inducement for artists to travel from all over the United States to paint in the Hill Country of Texas. The "Davis Competitions," as they were known, helped to cement San Antonio's reputation as an art center, a legacy that remains with the "River City" today. The shows generated a great deal of excitement in the area, helping to make celebrities of the some of the artists who had already settled there and encouraging others to make San Antonio their home. Over the three years that the wildflower competitions were held, more than 300 paintings were exhibited, and many thousands of viewers saw the paintings at the Witte Museum and on tours throughout the state and in New York. Each year Davis would generously purchase the winning paintings and then donate them to the San Antonio Art League. Young Porfirio Salinas would have been able to not only watch his two mentors - Robert W. Wood and Jose Arpa - paint the works that they entered in the Davis Competitions, he would have been able to see Arpa take several of the major prizes, receiving the judge's accolades for "Verbena," "Cactus Flower" and "Picking Cotton," works that are still on view at the San Antonio Art League Museum today. Unfortunately, Davis eventually put his donations to work in other charitable endeavors, bringing to an end the wildflower events, but only after they inspired Salinas and other young painters and had helped to make wildflower paintings the most sought-after subject for traditionalist Texas collectors. In 1930, when he was only twenty, Salinas hung out a shingle and began to paint professionally, augmenting the sales of his easel paintings with what little business he could garner by painting signs for local concerns. It was a struggle for the young artist to make a living, as the effects of the Great Depression were settling in. His early works are very similar to those of Robert Wood's, both in subject matter and treatment. Salinas did small paintings of Bluebonnets for the tourists who visited San Antonio to see the famous Alamo as well as paintings of the Texas missions...

Category

1950s Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

"BLUEBONNET ROAD" Janet Downie Texas Hill Country
"BLUEBONNET ROAD" Janet Downie Texas Hill Country

"BLUEBONNET ROAD" Janet Downie Texas Hill Country

By Janet Downie

Located in San Antonio, TX

Janet Downie 1854-1944 Austin,San Antonio Image Size: 6.5 x 10 Frame Size: 10 x 13.5 Medium: Oil "Bluebonnet Road" signed Biography Janet Downie 1854-1944 Downie, Janet. 1854-194...

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

"HOGAR TAN DULCE" HOME SO SWEET TAOS ADOBE
"HOGAR TAN DULCE" HOME SO SWEET TAOS ADOBE

"HOGAR TAN DULCE" HOME SO SWEET TAOS ADOBE

Located in San Antonio, TX

C.S. Steve Talley Fredericksburg Texas & Taos New Mexico Artist Image Size: 8 x 10 Frame Size: 14 x 16 Medium: Oil "Hogar Tan Dulce" Home So Sweet C. S. “Steve” Talley developed an a...

Category

20th Century American Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

"FARM OF THE FOOTHILLS"
"FARM OF THE FOOTHILLS"

"FARM OF THE FOOTHILLS"

By Vivian Cornwall

Located in San Antonio, TX

Vivian Cornwall 1925-2012 Texas, California Artist Size: 12 x 16 "FARM OF THE FOOTHILLS" Vivian Cornwall was an American artist known for her plein air paintings, capturing the beau...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil