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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

Abstract Painting
Abstract Painting

Abstract Painting

Located in Houston, TX

Abstract painting accented in bright hues of red, blue and a soft lavender by French artist AM Vivent, 1986. Signed and dated lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a ...

Category

1980s Texas - Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

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

The Beatles Dolls 1966 contact sheet print by Robert Whitaker

The Beatles Dolls 1966 contact sheet print by Robert Whitaker

By Robert Whitaker

Located in Austin, TX

The Beatles "Dolls" contact sheet by Robert Whitaker from the photo session that ended up giving the band the controversial cover for the 1966 release "Yesterday and Today". On March 25, 1966, The Beatles visited 1 The Vale, Chelsea, London, a top-floor studio leased by Oluf Nilssen and frequently used by renowned photographer Robert Whitaker. Before the photo session with Robert Whitaker, The Beatles posed for a more conventional session at the studio with Nigel Dickson of The Beatles Book...

Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Texas - Art

Materials

C Print

Soup
Soup

Soup

By Edmund Blampied

Located in Plano, TX

Soup. 1920. Drypoint. Appleby 65. 9 x 8 1/8 (sheet 15 x 11 9/16). Edition 100. Illlustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 13 (1926): 85. Signed in pencil. Edmund Blampied was a painter, etcher, lithographer and sculptor. Born in 1886 to a family of three boys in St. Martin, Jersey, Blampied became interested in drawing at an early age. After visiting the studio of John Helier Lander in 1899, Blampied decided to make a career as an artist. In 1903 he went to London to attend Lambeth Art School, where he studied etching under Walter Seymour. In 1905, he joined the Daily Chronicle as an artist. In that year he was awarded a scholarship to Bolt Court Scool of Photo-engraving and Lithography. In 1912 he left the Chronicle and established his own studio. He earned a living by illustrating novels and short stories. In 1913, he had his first exhibition at the Leicester Gallery in London. The following year he married Marianne Van Abbé. During the 1920's, he became a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. During the 1920s Blampied became a member of the Royal Society of Painters-Etchers and Engravers and exhibited in London to critical acclaim. He produced a folio of comic drawings in the 1930s which was published in New York in 1934 and another that was published in London in 1936. The Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum published a mongraph on his work. His London exhibitions were highly successful. In 1938, he moved to Bulwarks, St.Aubin in Jersey, but at the onset of the Occupation, had to relocate to Route Orange, St. Brelade. remained there throughout World War II during the German Occupation, despite the fact that his wife was Jewish. During the Occupation he designed bank...

Category

1920s Modern Texas - Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

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

Bluebonnets Field
Bluebonnets Field

Bluebonnets Field

By Robert Harrison

Located in Houston, TX

US artist from San Antonio, TX. Very well represented in the multiple galleries and private collections. “Bluebonnets Field” , late 20th century Oil on canvas, signed lower left ...

Category

1990s Other Art Style Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

Mobility, oil painting, in the Abstract Expressionism style
Mobility, oil painting, in the Abstract Expressionism style

Mobility, oil painting, in the Abstract Expressionism style

Located in Houston, TX

Mobility allows the viewer to see each separate object in the painting. Objects such as figures, animals and trees are isolated in his images, which allow the viewer to see each separate form from a different angle of vision. His work is characterized by an aerial perspective that is often found in naive or primitive art. Each painting is a renewal of his pursuit to visually define Western man: who we are, what I am? His great-grandfather was a full-blooded Cherokee, his grandmother a half-breed Shawnee. His father was a first generation American, a Swede. He is intrigued with the real history of America and He pursued this research with a passion and continually included his findings in my paintings. Greg Benson...

Category

Early 2000s Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

"KENDALL COUNTY RANCH" BLUEBONNET LONGHORN FRAMED 53 X 73
"KENDALL COUNTY RANCH" BLUEBONNET LONGHORN FRAMED 53 X 73

"KENDALL COUNTY RANCH" BLUEBONNET LONGHORN FRAMED 53 X 73

By Eric Harrison

Located in San Antonio, TX

Eric Harrison (Born 1971) Texas Hill Country Artist Image Size: 40 X 60 Frame Size: 53 x 73 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Signed 2015 "Kendall County Ranch" Longhorn Bluebonnet Eric Harrison (Born 1971) Texas Hill Country Artist Bluebonnet painting...

Category

2010s Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

Girl with Beret, Impasto Oil on Masonite, Mid Century, 32x32
Girl with Beret, Impasto Oil on Masonite, Mid Century, 32x32

Girl with Beret, Impasto Oil on Masonite, Mid Century, 32x32

By Sylvia Rutkoff

Located in Arp, TX

Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011) "Girl with Beret" c. 1950s · Impasto oil on masonite · 32" × 32" period wood frame Unsigned Provenance: Family estate About this work A riveting enc...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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

French Abstract
French Abstract

French Abstract

Located in Houston, TX

Marbled French abstract aquatint of flowing motion, 1963. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Cert...

Category

1960s Texas - Art

Materials

Ink

Anthony Bourdain drinks a beer by Jake Chessum

Anthony Bourdain drinks a beer by Jake Chessum

By Jake Chessum

Located in Austin, TX

Anthony Bourdain drinks a beer in a New York bar during a photoshoot with photographer Jake Chessum in 2008. The photo is printed on Fuji crystal archive paper Available in the foll...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Texas - Art

Materials

C Print

Frida on White Bench - Color Photograph, Portrait, Celebrity, Frida Kahlo
Frida on White Bench - Color Photograph, Portrait, Celebrity, Frida Kahlo

Frida on White Bench - Color Photograph, Portrait, Celebrity, Frida Kahlo

By Nickolas Muray

Located in Denton, TX

Frida on White Bench, New York, by Nickolas Muray is a colorful portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. This iconic image features the woman artist sitting on a white bench in fron...

Category

1930s Modern Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

You Should Have Seen the Other One Female Portrait Boxing REDUCED
You Should Have Seen the Other One Female Portrait Boxing REDUCED

You Should Have Seen the Other One Female Portrait Boxing REDUCED

By Jeanie Tomanek

Located in Houston, TX

You Should Have seen the Other Gal By Jeanie Tomanek is an 8" x 8" oil painting on panel. It has on a custom frame. You Should Have seen the Other Gal was part of a boxing exhibiti...

Category

2010s American Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Untitled #9
Untitled #9

David AdickesUntitled #9

$384Sale Price|20% Off

Untitled #9

Located in Dallas, TX

David Pryor Adickes born January 1927, Huntsville, Texas) is a modernist sculptor and painter. His most famous work is the 67-foot tall A Tribute to Courage statue of Sam Houston in...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Texas - Art

Materials

Acrylic

Carmela
Carmela

David AdickesCarmela

$4,800Sale Price|4% Off

Carmela

Located in Dallas, TX

David Pryor Adickes born January 1927, Huntsville, Texas) is a modernist sculptor and painter. His most famous work is the 67-foot tall A Tribute ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Texas - Art

Materials

Acrylic

Shafer Trail at First Light,  Landscape,  Tonalist , oil, Utah, Idaho,
Shafer Trail at First Light,  Landscape,  Tonalist , oil, Utah, Idaho,

Shafer Trail at First Light, Landscape, Tonalist , oil, Utah, Idaho,

By Marty Ricks

Located in Houston, TX

Shafer Trail at First Light was done on one of Marty Rick's journeys through Utah. It is oil on canvas and framed it is 27 x 39. Marty Ricks is known for his Tonalism paintings tha...

Category

2010s American Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

"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

"Tighties" 1950's Gouache Male Nude Mid Century Painting
"Tighties" 1950's Gouache Male Nude Mid Century Painting

"Tighties" 1950's Gouache Male Nude Mid Century Painting

By Jerry Opper

Located in Arp, TX

From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper Tighties c. 1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18" blue lacquered frame 18.5"x1.75"x21.5" Unsigned From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Texas - Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Harlem 1958 by Art Kane

Harlem 1958 by Art Kane

By Art Kane

Located in Austin, TX

The most famous photograph in Jazz? Entirely possible, and considered as such by jazz and photography fans and scholars alike. Shot for Esquire Magazine in August 1958 , it was Art Kane’s first major assignment as a photographer. Kane pitched the idea of a huge group portrait to be shot on location in Harlem. No one knew, with the early call hour of 10:00 am whether anyone would show up, but they did. 58 legendary giants of jazz including Lester Young...

Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Texas - Art

Materials

C Print

Oil Pastel and Gouache Painting, Figurative, Circa 1950s, 14x17
Oil Pastel and Gouache Painting, Figurative, Circa 1950s, 14x17

Oil Pastel and Gouache Painting, Figurative, Circa 1950s, 14x17

By Donald Stacy

Located in Arp, TX

Donald Stacy "Mark" c.1950s Oil pastel and gouache paint on paper 14x17" unframed Unsigned Came from artist's estate Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Texas - Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

"Bluebonnet"  Texas Wildflowers
"Bluebonnet"  Texas Wildflowers

"Bluebonnet" Texas Wildflowers

By Rolla Taylor

Located in San Antonio, TX

Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 30.25 x 36.5 Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa 1920s/30s "Bluebonnets" Biography Rolla Taylor (187...

Category

1930s Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

"Spitball" Contemporary Mixed Media Assemblage Wall Sculpture
"Spitball" Contemporary Mixed Media Assemblage Wall Sculpture

"Spitball" Contemporary Mixed Media Assemblage Wall Sculpture

By Al Souza

Located in Houston, TX

Contemporary mixed media assemblage by Massachusetts artist Al Souza. Known for using unconventional art materials such as puzzle pieces, in this work Souza combines newspaper and glue to recreate spitballs, reminiscent of his youth. Currently hung in a light wood frame. Signed and dated by artist on reverse. Artist Biography: Al Souza was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1944 and currently resides in Worcester, Massachusetts. He has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally. His work is part of numerous collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Dallas Museum of Art, El Paso Museum of Art, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Tyler Museum of Art, University of Houston, Houston Airport System, City of Houston, New Orleans Museum of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art, Montgomery Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Parrish Art Museum, DeCordova Museum, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, and the University of Massachusetts. Souza was awarded an International Association of Art Critics/USA Award in 2007 for Best Show in a Commercial Gallery Nationally, 1st Place, for the exhibition David Ireland...

Category

1990s Contemporary Texas - Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Steve Martin, “Let’s Get Small Sequence”, framed 24x48" print by Norman Seeff
Steve Martin, “Let’s Get Small Sequence”, framed 24x48" print by Norman Seeff

Steve Martin, “Let’s Get Small Sequence”, framed 24x48" print by Norman Seeff

By Norman Seeff

Located in Austin, TX

Signed limited edition 24" x 48" print, Custom framed with 8 ply matte and non-glare museum glass Frame dimensions: approx 56” wide x 32” high x 1” deep As a renowned graphic desig...

Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Texas - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"El Paso Desert"
"El Paso Desert"

"El Paso Desert"

By Ricardo Diaz

Located in San Antonio, TX

Ricardo Diaz Purple Mountains pink sky. Saguaro Cactus (1912-1981) El Paso Artist Image Size: 11 x 17 Frame Size: 15 x 21 Medium: Oil Dated 1933 "El Paso Desert" Biography Ricardo Diaz 1912-81 Ricardo Diaz 1912-81. El Paso . Painter, muralist, teacher, frame maker. Diaz attended Bowie High School, El Paso, where he participated in interscholastic art exhibitions. Emilio Garcia...

Category

1930s Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

Sunset at Bayou Bend #2 MFAH Texas Landscape Oil Impressionism  Buffalo Bayou
Sunset at Bayou Bend #2 MFAH Texas Landscape Oil Impressionism  Buffalo Bayou

Sunset at Bayou Bend #2 MFAH Texas Landscape Oil Impressionism Buffalo Bayou

By Steve Parker

Located in Houston, TX

FREE SHIPPING Sunset at Bayou Bend is contemporary oil landscape painting on canvas 30 x 40. Bayou Bend was painted in 2022 by Texan artist Steve Parker . The location is at the ...

Category

2010s American Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Beatles "Yesterday and Today" contact sheet print by Robert Whitaker

The Beatles "Yesterday and Today" contact sheet print by Robert Whitaker

By Robert Whitaker

Located in Austin, TX

The Beatles contact sheet by Robert Whitaker from the photo session that ended up being the controversial cover for the 1966 release "Yesterday and Today". On March 25, 1966, The Beatles visited 1 The Vale, Chelsea, London, a top-floor studio leased by Oluf Nilssen and frequently used by renowned photographer Robert Whitaker. Before the photo session with Robert Whitaker, The Beatles posed for a more conventional session at the studio with Nigel Dickson of The Beatles Book...

Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Texas - Art

Materials

C Print

The Whataburger Bag  Contemporary Texan Artist Oil on panel 12" x 9"
The Whataburger Bag  Contemporary Texan Artist Oil on panel 12" x 9"

The Whataburger Bag Contemporary Texan Artist Oil on panel 12" x 9"

By Max Guarnaccia

Located in Houston, TX

The Whataburger Bag Contemporary Texan Artist Oil on panel 12" x 9" Whataburger began as a single burger stand in Corpus Christi on August 8, 1950, as post-war prosperity helped fu...

Category

2010s American Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Rembrandt van Rijn - Christ Between His Parents, Returning from the Temple -1820
Rembrandt van Rijn - Christ Between His Parents, Returning from the Temple -1820

Rembrandt van Rijn - Christ Between His Parents, Returning from the Temple -1820

By Rembrandt van Rijn

Located in Dallas, TX

Offered here is a compelling later impression of one of Rembrandt’s most intimate biblical subjects, Christ Between His Parents, Returning from the Temple. Executed originally in 1654, the composition captures the youthful Christ walking between Mary and Joseph following the episode in Jerusalem, rendered with remarkable psychological nuance and economy of line. This impression was printed in the early nineteenth century from Rembrandt’s original copperplate and is accompanied by a historical letter attesting to its authenticity and dating. The letter states in part: “In my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, the etching presented to me by Antonio’s Collection and entitled Rembrandt E van RIJM is an authentic Rembrandt etching made from the plates owned by the Museum of Amsterdam. It is probably an etching third state and would date approximately 1820.” The reference to plates held by the Rijksmuseum situates this impression within the long tradition of posthumous printings drawn from Rembrandt’s original matrices—objects that have been preserved, studied, and occasionally re-inked for carefully supervised editions. With its rich burr, velvety shadows, and expressive linear handling, this impression remains faithful to the master’s conception while offering collectors the opportunity to acquire an authentic Rembrandt etching from a later, historically significant printing. Like many of Rembrandt’s etched works, Christ Between His Parents, Returning from the Temple exists in several states, meaning the copperplate was altered over time as the artist reworked details, added lines, or strengthened passages of shadow. First State (1654) The earliest impressions are prized for their freshness and painterly light effects, with delicate burr and subtle modeling in the figures’ garments and faces. These are rare and typically reside in museum collections. Subsequent States Later states reflect adjustments to shading, contours, and background architecture—often deepening contrasts or clarifying forms as Rembrandt refined the narrative focus of the scene. Third State (circa 1820) By the early nineteenth century, impressions were occasionally pulled from the preserved original plates, producing prints that retain the fully developed image while often showing slightly firmer lines and less burr than seventeenth-century impressions. Such examples are historically important, documenting the continued reverence for Rembrandt’s graphic work and the custodial role of European institutions in safeguarding his plates. The accompanying letter provides valuable documentary support, linking this impression to early twentieth-century scholarship and reinforcing its status as an authentic pull from Rembrandt’s plate...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Texas - Art

Materials

Paper

David Bowie and Elizabeth Taylor by Terry O'Neill - rare signed artist proof
David Bowie and Elizabeth Taylor by Terry O'Neill - rare signed artist proof

David Bowie and Elizabeth Taylor by Terry O'Neill - rare signed artist proof

By Terry O'Neill

Located in Austin, TX

Rare, signed artist proof print of David Bowie and Elizabeth Taylor by Terry O'Neill David Bowie and actress Elizabeth Taylor meet for the first time at George Cukor’s house in Beve...

Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Texas - Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hummingbird with Hibiscus Oil on Canvas 16" x 20" Framed Colors Texas Artist
Hummingbird with Hibiscus Oil on Canvas 16" x 20" Framed Colors Texas Artist

Hummingbird with Hibiscus Oil on Canvas 16" x 20" Framed Colors Texas Artist

By Susan Meeks

Located in Houston, TX

Hummingbird with Hibiscus Oil on Canvas 16" x 20" Framed Colors Texas Artist Tiny, pugnacious, jewel-like hummingbirds are relatively easy to attract to a garden and fun to have arou...

Category

2010s Realist Texas - Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Spring Night, Greenwich Village
Spring Night, Greenwich Village

Spring Night, Greenwich Village

By Martin Lewis

Located in Plano, TX

Spring Night, Greenwich Village. 1930. Drypoint and sand ground. McCarron 85. 10 x 12 3/8 (sheet 13 1/4 x 15 5/8)). Edition 92. A rich, tonal impress...

Category

1930s American Modern Texas - Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Derriere Le Miroir No. 141 Cover
Derriere Le Miroir No. 141 Cover

Derriere Le Miroir No. 141 Cover

By Alexander Calder

Located in Austin, TX

Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Derriere Le Miroir No. 141, Cover Year: 1963 Dimensions: 15" x 11" Published by Maeght Editeur Excellent condition

Category

1950s Abstract Texas - Art

Materials

Lithograph

Flying Torso Variation 7
Flying Torso Variation 7

Flying Torso Variation 7

By Michael O'Keefe

Located in Dallas, TX

Michael O’Keefe’s sculptures, drawings, and paintings depict figurative narratives born from unpredictable processes. He couples innovative methods with unconventional tools to creat...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Texas - Art

Materials

Stoneware, Wood

Reclining Figures

Reclining Figures

By Otis Huband

Located in Dallas, TX

Born in 1933, Otis Huband declared his intention to be an artist at age 6. He earned his BFA and MFA at Richmond Professional Institute of the College of William & Mary, now Virginia...

Category

2010s American Modern Texas - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"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

" Summer Evening Southwest Texas "   1909  Texas Hill Country Julian Onderdonk
" Summer Evening Southwest Texas "   1909  Texas Hill Country Julian Onderdonk

" Summer Evening Southwest Texas " 1909 Texas Hill Country Julian Onderdonk

By Julian Onderdonk

Located in San Antonio, TX

Julian Onderdonk "Summer Evening S. W. Texas" Texas Hill Country (1882 - 1922) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 9 x 12 Frame Size: 15 x 18 Medium: Oil on panel Dated 1909 "Summer Evening S. W. Texas" "A Texas Painter Worked Under the Radar in New York," By Eve M. Kahn, March 6, 2014, The New York Times Onderdonk, a San Antonio native who died of an intestinal ailment in 1922, at 40, is best known for painting swaths of Texas bluebonnets. Those canvases can bring more than $500,000 each, while his New York scenes usually end up in the five-figure range. Onderdonk’s parents were painters in San Antonio, and in 1901, when he was a teenager, they sent him to New York for training. Through 1909, he lived in various Manhattan apartments and Staten Island houses. He then returned to Texas, but continued to spend months at a time in New York. In 1902 he had married a Manhattan teenage neighbor, Gertrude Shipman. While she focused on raising their daughter, Adrienne, and worrying about their strained finances, “he created more than 600 works of art, often producing a painting or two a day,” Eyewitnesses recorded his prolific pace in New York, but Onderdonk works bearing those dates rarely turn up. The puzzling gap in his productivity is explained in family correspondence that the Bakers uncovered: The artist admits that he was signing pieces with pseudonyms. He mostly used Chas. Turner and Chase Turner and occasionally resorted to Elbert H. Turner and Roberto Vasquez. Julian Onderdonk was the son of the important Texas landscapist, Robert Onderdonk. He was the father's pupil at age 16. Sponsored by a Texas patron, he studied at the Art Students League in New York when he was 19, the pupil of Kenyon Cox, Frank DuMond, and Robert Henri. He also studied with William Merritt Chase on Long Island. In 1902, having lost his Texas patron because he married, he asked $18 for 12 paintings at a Fifth Avenue dealer in New...

Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil

"Say it (Over & Over Again)" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Expressionist Painting

"Say it (Over & Over Again)" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Expressionist Painting

By Benji Stiles

Located in Houston, TX

Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design. In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...

Category

2010s Contemporary Texas - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Gesso, Graphite

Untitled (Interior)

Untitled (Interior)

By Allison Gildersleeve

Located in Dallas, TX

"Behind my canvases, collages, and drawings lies a singular proposition: places are not inert; they are repositories for all that passes through them. My work is an inquiry into the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Texas - Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Vintage French Watercolor Landscape - Côte d'Azur
Vintage French Watercolor Landscape - Côte d'Azur

Vintage French Watercolor Landscape - Côte d'Azur

By M. Kessler

Located in Houston, TX

Serene French watercolor along the banks of the Côte d'Azur by artist M. Kesseler, 1938. Signed and dated lower left. Original vintage one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a ...

Category

1930s Texas - Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Texas Pastoral Bluebonnet Scene" Framed Oil Painting Spring Wildflowers Farm
"Texas Pastoral Bluebonnet Scene" Framed Oil Painting Spring Wildflowers Farm

"Texas Pastoral Bluebonnet Scene" Framed Oil Painting Spring Wildflowers Farm

By Dalhart Windberg

Located in Austin, TX

Canvas size: 9 x 12 in. Frame size: 17 x 19.5 in. Signed, bottom left in red "Windberg" A serene, nostalgic scene that captures a Central Texas pastoral landscape with a soft, impre...

Category

1970s American Impressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Cowboy" Oil Impasto Painting, Mid Century, Signed, 42x36 Inches
"The Cowboy" Oil Impasto Painting, Mid Century, Signed, 42x36 Inches

"The Cowboy" Oil Impasto Painting, Mid Century, Signed, 42x36 Inches

By Sylvia Rutkoff

Located in Arp, TX

Sylvia Rutkoff (1919–2011) "The Cowboy" c. 1950s · Oil, gesso, on masonite · Period wood frame About this work Few paintings in the Rutkoff estate cache reveal her range as ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Texas - Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Four Sheep in the Field, Realist, Light/ Shadow  Oil Painting 36" x 24"  Farm
Four Sheep in the Field, Realist, Light/ Shadow  Oil Painting 36" x 24"  Farm

Four Sheep in the Field, Realist, Light/ Shadow Oil Painting 36" x 24" Farm

By Luke Autrey

Located in Houston, TX

Four Sheep in the Field, Realist, Light/ Shadow Oil Painting 36" x 24" Farm The third and fourth photos show thow this painting will look after being professionally taken by 2/23...

Category

2010s American Realist Texas - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

God's Gift by Delilah Montoya, 1993, Collotype Print
God's Gift by Delilah Montoya, 1993, Collotype Print

God's Gift by Delilah Montoya, 1993, Collotype Print

By Delilah Montoya

Located in Denton, TX

God's Gift by Delilah Montoya depicts a woman facing a graffitied wall, with her arms stretched out. Lit candles surround her on the floor. The woman's pose is reminiscent of Jesus o...

Category

1990s Conceptual Texas - Art

Materials

Other Medium

Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950
Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950

Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950

Located in Arp, TX

From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper Slit c. 1940-1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18", Unframed *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect fra...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Texas - Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

David Bowie by Terry O'Neill - signed lifetime edition print

David Bowie by Terry O'Neill - signed lifetime edition print

By Terry O'Neill

Located in Austin, TX

Profile image of David Bowie from the ‘Yellow Mustard Suit’ series, in Los Angeles, 1974, taken by Terry O'Neill Signed limited edition, hand printed silver gelatin print. Paper s...

Category

Late 20th Century Texas - Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Villosa

Dan QuintanaVillosa

$4,608Sale Price|20% Off

Villosa

Located in Dallas, TX

This work was featured at ComplexCon 2019 - November 2nd and 3rd in Long Beach, CA.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Texas - Art

Materials

Wood, Oil