Texas - Landscape Paintings

Afternoon at the Beach is an example of the bright colors that Beckner uses in his paintings. The orange umbrella paintings were painted at Hilt...

Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (1852 - 1917) San Antonio Artist Toluca, Mexico painting. Mexican Street Scene Image Size: 11 x 8 Frame Size: 15 x 12 Medium: Oil "Toluca, Mexico" Circa 1912 This piece was painted in 1912 when Robert & his wife went to visit his son who was working in Mexico City at that time. Robert Onderdonk is considered the "Dean" of Texas Painters. Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (1852 - 1917) Robert Jenkins Onderdonk is noted for his landscape and portrait paintings and also for his fine art teaching. Onderdonk was born in Catonsville, Maryland in 1852. He was the father of Robert Julian Onderdonk and Eleanor Rogers Onderdonk, also distinguished Texas artists. He received an academic education at the College of St. James, Catonsville, followed by studies at the National Academy of Design in 1872 under the instruction of Lemuel Everett Wilmarth. In 1875, Onderdonk attended Art Students League of New York and received instruction from Walter Shirlaw, James Carroll Beckwith and William Merritt Chase. Onderdonk moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1878 where he made a living teaching and selling his paintings. In 1889 he moved to Dallas, where he painted several portraits for the Huburt Portrait Company, followed by employment with the Art Students League of Dallas. In 1896, Onderdonk returned to San Antonio, Texas where he continued to paint until his death in 1917. Onderdonk was a member of the Allied Artists of America; Salmagundi Club, New York, and the San Antonio Art League. Exhibitions included the Annual Exhibition of the State Fair of Texas, Dallas; Dallas Art Association; Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis; Annual Texas Artists Exhibition, Fort Worth; Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, and the San Antonio Art League. Source: John and Deborah Powers, "Texas Painters, Sculptors, and Graphic Artists" Robert Jenkins Onderdonk was born at St. Timothy's Hall, Catonsville Maryland, in 1852. He had a very thorough academic education and was always sketching family members, classmates and landscapes on the back of his school books. This sketching ethic was a process he subscribed to his entire life, always carrying a sketch book with him where ever he went, like a camera of today. Deciding to make art his profession, Robert moved to New York. He was not only a part of the academic beginnings of American art while studying in New York at the renowned National Academy of Design in 1870, but also one of the first student members, under the instruction of Lemuel Everett Wilmarth, at the Arts Students League. At the League, Robert also studied and honed his craft with other teachers including Walter Shirlaw, William Merritt Chase and James Carroll Beckwith. Some of his classmates included: George Inness, Jr., Frederick Stuart Church, John Henry Twachtman and a Texan from San Antonio named Edward Grenet. Robert was lured to Texas in 1879 by his childhood friend and rancher, William Negely and by stories he read in the tabloids of the day that touted Texas as the "Promised Land." Robert found the light, people and atmosphere of San Antonio agreeable and quickly settled in. He soon met a fellow Texas artist, Emily Gould, whom he married in 1881. They lived with her parents in a house called "Bella Vista" throughout their lives. The house was two miles north of town, had a wonderful view of the city and still stands today. Here Robert lived and taught art classes, painted portrait commissions, landscapes, still lifes and supported his family. Some of his students, who later became well-known Texas artists, were Mary Bonner, Seymour Thomas, Edward D. Eisenlohr, and Rolla Taylor. Robert worked hard and encouraged his students to do their best. Robert was part of and organized several of the first art clubs in Texas, further helping to develop an interest in Texas art in the State and nationwide, but also giving Texas and American artists places to display their works, win awards and achieve much needed recognition. He helped organize "The Brass Mug Club," a revered group of San Antonio artists that met on Sundays to enjoy friendship and go into the Texas Hill Country and paint. Members included Julian Onderdonk (Robert's son), José Arpa, Leo Cotton, Rolla Taylor, Tom Brown and Ernst Raba. In 1912, Robert and Julian were involved in the organization of the San Antonio Art League, the first important art organization in Texas with the mission to establish a free public gallery in San Antonio with exhibitions, lectures and classes in art. Later, larger exhibitions that needed more room due to the extreme popularity of the League and its awards were held at the Witte Museum in San Antonio. While living in Dallas from 1889 to 1895, and in order to obtain commissions, Robert organized the first Dallas art school, the Dallas Arts Students League, where he was president and instructor. In 1905, Robert was chosen to select artists from New York and Texas to be represented and judged at the Dallas Fair, which later became the State Fair of Texas. In 1901, Robert was commissioned by well-known Texas historian and writer, James T. DeShields, to paint a large historic painting of the Alamo battle. He used his family, friends and fellow artists for this painting, including his son. Robert even put himself in the painting, as one of the Alamo Defenders, taking a mortal shot from the enemy and falling backwards. The painting took three years to complete. The Fall of The Alamo was first exhibited at the St. Louis Worlds Fair in 1904. Among Robert's important commissions were the illustrations he provided for feared Texas gunfighter John Wesley Hardin's autobiography, The Life of John Wesley Hardin, published in 1896. This was a courageous task by Onderdonk considering that Hardin, who had killed over forty men, was the fastest gun in the West, East, North or South. When Robert Jenkins Onderdonk died in 1917 at the age of sixty-five at his home in San Antonio, he was known as the dean of Texas artists. His contributions to Texas art and the early artists of Texas were well-known and well-respected. Written by Peter C. Rainone, as published in American Art Review, June 2008 Robert Onderdonk was educated at the College of St. James in Maryland where his father was headmaster. At 20, he studied for two years at the National Academy of Design, under Wilmarth, then at the Art Students League under Shirlaw and Beckwith. He was the private pupil of A H Warren, a tonalist painter known as "the Corot of America." In 1878, he concluded his art studies with William Merritt Chase. To earn funds for a European trip he never made, Onderdonk was persuaded to establish his studio in San Antonio in 1878. By 1881 he was married, living near Pedro Spring, and taking the mule car to his studio in the city. He always carried with him a wood panel such as the top of a cigar box so he could paint small scenes. For his studio classes he charged $3 per month. He moved to Dallas in 1889, when offered $100 a month to teach. After his father-in-law died in 1896, he returned to San Antonio where he remained except for a trip to St. Louis in 1899 to try commercial painting on tile. Not ambitious, not robust, not careful in signing his paintings, he received commissions for hundreds of portraits without being able to earn a suitable living. Even his epic "Davy...

Jacques Martin-Ferrières (French, 1893-1972) La grille d'entrée principale de l'Artaudière, 1945 Oil on canvas Canvas: 36.25 x 28.75 inches (92.1 x 73.0 cm) Framed Dimensions 41.5 X ...

Eric Harrison "Orchard in March" (1971 - ) Texas Hill Country Artist Image Size: 16x20 Frame Size: 22.5x26.5 Medium: Oil on Canvas Bio “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” -Henry D. Thoreau Eric Harrison-born 1971 in San Antonio, Texas. In 1995 he married Kim Marie, and together they have two sons, Noah and Ethan. The Harrison’s reside in the hill country west of Blanco, Texas. Currently painting in a language resonant with other Texas artists such as Robert and Julian Onderdonk, Robert Wood, Porfirio Salinas, Dawson Dawson-Watson, and Robert Harrison; with an affinity toward the work of California painter William Wendt. Paul Cezanne and many of the post impressionists. Exhibitions and collections of his work include: The United States Embassy in Togo, Africa The University of Texas at San Antonio The Buckhorn Museum San Antonio Best of the Best Art Show Salado, Texas Texas Lanscape Show The Nave Museum, Victoria Texas The Harrisons, “A Family of Texas Painters” Charles Morin Fine Art...

An impressionist floral landscape scene by Angeles Cereceda featuring a palette of green, pink and blue. This painting is executed in oi...

"Forest Scene with Donkeys" by Spanish Master Painter Bartolome Sastre size: 45 x 57.5 inches framed size 55 x 62.5 inches A a mesmerizing scene of a mystical grove of twisted, old ...

By Fannie Lou Spelce Oil on Canvas 14" x 18" Framed Size: 18.5" x 22.5" About the artist: Fannie Lou Bennett Spelce (1908–1998) was an American folk artist from Dyer, Arkansas, who ...

Dawson Dawson-Watson "On the Hopi Reservation" Has two different old gallery labels on the verso from Santa Fe Galleries. (1864-1939) San Antonio Artis...

Rooster at 5 a.m. is a 16 x 20 framed oil painting of a Rooster by Texas Artist Cheri Christensen . This rooster is from Luckenbach, Texas . Luckenbach is famous for Rusty the Roost...

Unknown Artist 29" x 44" Oil on Canvas Framed Size: 36" x 51" Antique

Artist: Morris Walton Leader (1877 - 1966) Title: Bluff on the Creek Size: 30" x 36" Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed LR "Walton Leader" This painting by Morris Walton Leader captures a...

Landscape painting of a boy sitting with dog in a clearing. There are painted details of butterflies and flowers. Painted in an impressionist style. E. A. L. signed in the bottom rig...

Naturalistic landscape painting of a field of trees painted with egg tempera. The piece is signed by the artist in the bottom corner and framed in a dark wooden frame with black acce...

Lucien Delarue is known internationally as an artist who faithfully captures the romantic moods of Paris. His famous subject of the ''Rooftops of Montmarte,'' along with other Paris ...

Lush green landscape by Houston artist Henri Gadbois titled "Down to the Lily Pond" circa 1976. Signed lower right and verso, with title. Artist Biography: Henri Gadbois is a secon...

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right; signed, dated, and titled verso. 38.25 x 51.25 in. 39.75 x 52....

Don Warren (1935-2006) Austin Artist Image Size: 20 x 24 Frame Size: 29.5 x 33.5 Medium: Oil "Mountains with Century Plant" Biography Don Warren (1935-2006) Most of my works are blue...

Bruce Peil Born 1946 Texas Artist Image Size: 8 x 10 Frame Size: 12 x 14 Medium: Oil 1980s "The Three Trees" Biography Bruce Peil Born 1946 Bruce Peil was born and raised in Oklahoma...

Contemporary abstract painting by Houston-based artist Gary Griffin. The work features a central amorphous hard-edge shape in blue and orange tones set against an off-white background. Signed and titled on the reverse. Recently featured in "No Zoning! A Very Houston Show" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: As the son of deaf parents, Gary became a visual communicator at a very early age. Being able to “watch” conversations his parents had with their deaf friends, before he was able to read and write, informed practically every aspect of his thinking. Fascinated with design, color, light and composition, Gary set about photographing the world around him. Everything from West Texas landscapes...

Alfred de Breanski Jr, oil on canvas, "Invergary Castle, Loch Oich", Grazing sheep in the foreground and cattle in the background. A beautiful lake and mountain landscape with meadows, trees and snow capped peaks. The colors are vibrant. Signed: A De Breanski B/L. Titled and signed verso. Painting size: 18 inches x 24 inches Framed size: 24.25 inches x 30.75 inches Condition: Very Good with brilliant colors and no damage or restoration. Original frame with restorations. AVANTIQUES is dedicated to providing an exclusive curated collection of Fine Arts, Paintings, Bronzes, Asian treasures, Art Glass and Antiques. Our inventory represents time-tested investment quality items with everlasting decorative beauty. We look forward to your business and appreciate any reasonable offers. All of our curated items are vetted and guaranteed authentic and as described. Avantiques only deals in original antiques and never reproductions. We stand behind our treasures with a full money back return if the items are not as described.  Alfred Fontville De Breanski Jr...

Randy Peyton (1958 - present) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x18 Frame Size: 25x19 Medium: Oil on Canvas over newsprint Dated 2004 "The Tower Life Bui...

Known for his use of paint; Don Sahli's brush stroke is exciting and carries a positive emotion to the viewer. His work is diverse carrying many labels inclu...

Contemporary large scale abstract floral painting by Texas based artist Wood Anthony Francher. Inspired by Mexican floral embroidery patterns and textiles, the work is a burst of bol...

DAVID CRISMON "I felt it was appropriate to use an 'old' process, such as painting, to speak about a 'new' processes or technologies. Digital imaging, scans and photocopies alter an...

This bright and sunny landscape by By Jim Rodgers features bright green trees and grasses budding in the spring on either side of a flowing creek. It was painted outside of Johnson C...

Nellie Buel 1908-2002 Comfort Texas Image Size: 36 x 24 Frame Size: 42 x 30 Medium: Print Circa 1960s "El Grito" Biography Nellie Buel 1908-2002 Nellie V. Buel (nee Upton), was born in 1908. Nellie attended Oregon State in Corvallis and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA in Anthropology and Art. After many years as a faculty and Air Force wife and mother, Nellie resumed her full time interest in art. She studied under many notable artist-teachers, including Harding Black, Harold Roney, Dennis Olson and Kent Rush. Nellie Buel's work has been accepted in local and national juried shows. She has won numerous awards and prizes from art groups such as the San Antonio Art League and the San Antonio Watercolor Group, among others. Nellie's work is also included in permanent collections at St. Mary's University, the Healy-Murphy Learning Center, McAllen International Museum, the Hal Prince Collection (NY), Tamarind Institute Archives (Albuquerque, NM), and the McNay Art Museum Study Collection. Nellie V. Buel died in the United States in 2002. Nellie V. (Upton) Buel, born January 15, 1908, Portland, OR, died November 15, 2002. She attended Oregon State in Corvallis and graduated from University of California-Berkeley with a BA in Anthropology and Art. After many years as a faculty wife, Air Force wife and mother, Nellie resumed her full time interest in art. She studied under many notable artist-teachers, including Harding Black, Harold Roney, Dennis Olson, and Kent Rush. Although she was equally talented and proficient in all media, her interests soon specialized in graphics, in particular hand-pulled, limited editions of etchings, calligraphy, monotype, and woodblocks on handmade papers. Her work has been accepted in local and national juried shows, with awards and prizes from art groups such as San Antonio Art League, San Antonio Watercolor Group, Hill Country Arts Foundations, Texas Watercolor Society, and International Society of Experimental Artists. Nellie's work is also included in permanent collections at St. Mary's University, Healy-Murphy Learning Center, McAllen International Museum, Hal Prince Collection (NY), Tamarind Institute Archives (Albuquerque, NM) and McNay Art Museum Study Collection. After she and her husband retired to Boerne, they founded the Cibolo Studio in Comfort, Nellie's art studio and gallery, which she shared with Debbie Little-Wilson. Working in her studio, participating in shows, and sharing knowledge, techniques, and ideas with other artists, she continued to expand her artistic endeavors and creativity until very recently. She also gave of her time and talent through her teaching and critiquing other artists' works. Sadly, the contents of Cibolo Studio were heavily damaged during July, 2002 floods, causing closure of the studio after 30 years at the same location. She is predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Col. (USAF) Jack Buel. She is survived by her daughter, Ellen Todd Hanks (George); son, John Thomas Buel; three grandaughters, Kathryn Buel, Elizabeth Buel, and Natalie Mund (Randy) and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a host of artist friends and colleagues, but most especially by Debbie Little-Wilson, Dripping Springs...

By Gen Paul A beach scene featuring a couple sitting under an umbrella and several sailboats in the water. 6.5" x 7.5" Ink on Paper Framed Size: 13" x 14.75" About the Artist: Gen P...

This is acrylic on three shaped ragboard panels in artist-made frames.

This Underwater World series is inspired by the oceans. Most of the works are specifically inspired by a set of tidal pools I found at the edge of the Pacific Ocean on the west coas...

Walton Leader (1877-1966) Austin Artist Image Size: 21 X 24 Frame Size: 26 X 30 Medium: Oil 1930s / 1940s Barton Creek Biography Walton Leader (1877-1966) Morris Walton Leader was born in Marshall, Texas in 1877. He died in Austin, Texas where he lived since a young boy. He studied with San Antonio Artists Harry Anthony DeYoung...

This winter scene watercolor by Daniel Maldonado depicts a lone Teepee in a vast snowy plain at twilight. A vibrant rainbow of colors grace the clear sky. The piece measures 7 x 20 i...

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

Contemporary colorful pastoral landscape by Texas based artist Jacob Spacek. The work features a blue mule truck parked in the middle of a field with green and red trees in the backg...

Sublime South African landscape by artist Walter Westbrook. He was known for painting his surrounding landscape with watercolors. The painting is fram...

FRAMED SIZE IS 19 X 16 Nelson White usually travels to The Bahamas every December and paints on Cable Beach. This painting, The Palm Tree was painted plein aire on Cable Beach. Ther...

Contemporary colorful pastoral landscape by Texas based artist Jacob Spacek. The work features a truck parked in the middle of a field advertising "Wood Stove Center" in Seguin, TX. ...

Also shown below are other available paintings by Judy Crowe. A Dream to Soar is commonly seen in Texas and painted in the Impressionistic style by Texas artist Judy Crowe. It is o...

Jules René Hervé was a French painter known for his depictions of Paris and the French countryside. Undeterred by the developments of 20th-century avant-garde movements, Hervé devoted himself to mastering the techniques first established by Claude Monet. “Paris Park...

Abstract landscape blue toned gouache painting on paper depicting a seascape with a white lighthouse and a red barn, possibly in New England. Signed by artist at bottom right. Matted...

Into the Woods is a series of seven oil paintings by Houston artist Ellen Art also known as C.Ellen Hart. The size of the Into the Woods series is 20 x 16 x 1 inches. Each paintin...

Black Orchid by Ellen Hart Oil / Acrylic / Canvas 36" x 30" Look for Free Shipping at Checkout Black Orchid by Ellen Hart is part of the Shadow series. Ellen Hart lives in Houston,...

Blue and red geometric abstract painting by Houston, Texas artist Paul Reeves. The work features a variety of flowy and angular shapes in black and red against a sky-blue background. Signed by the artist on the back. Dimensions Without Frame: H 29.5 in. x W 29.5 in. Artist Biography: Paul Reeves is the owner of Reeves Antiques...

This lush scene by Bartolome Sastre depicts a pond surrounded by vibrant green foliage with small gathering of ducks swimming through the water. The tight cropping of the painting is...

Contemporary purple toned acrylic painting that utilizes a unique lace texture to create a landscape accented with a buffalo standing at the edge of a cliff by Texas artist Mike Hogg...

Bastille Day is an example of the Impressionist painters that the artist most admires for their vibrant use of color and their individual brushwork. As it did for the impressionists, everyday subjects inspire Judy Crowe such as Bastille Day in this oil painting.. She loves to use in her oil paintings,flowers, discovered objects and landscapes and appreciates the beauty of nature.In Bastille Day it’s quite a challenge to capture the feel of a time or place on canvas rather than a photo representation. Framed size is 14 x 17 Upcoming Article, Southwest Art Magazine, Still life Edition, November 2020. Southwest Art Magazine, "Ten Texas Artists" - A feature on Texas painters. March, 2019 Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, “Gather Ye Rosebuds” May-June 2018 OPA Western Regional Exhibition, 2020, Illume Gallery, St. George, Utah American Plains Artists National Juried Exhibition, 2020, Ft. Concho, San Angelo, Tx American Impressionists Online Show, 2020 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Small works juried Exhibition, RS Hanna Gallery Fredericksburg, Tx. March 1- April 6, 2019, Award of Excellence Solo Show-Grand Prairie Women's Club Grand Prairie, Texas April 2019 Guest Artist ~ New Braunfels Plein Air, April ~ Two Rivers Plein Air Plein Air Southwest-Galveston, Tx May, 2019 Guess artist-Estes Park Plein Air-August-September, 2019 American Women Artists...

Modern abstract landscape painting by Houston, TX artist Margaret Nobler. The work features a boat floating near an oceanside dock with the sun setting...

Naturalistic painting of a mare and foal as they travel down a dirt path near the seaside. Signed and dated in the front lower right corner. Currently hung in a vintage gold frame D...

Also shown below are other available paintings by Judy Crowe. Beautiful Melody is a mockingbird commonly seen in Texas and painted in the Impressionistic style by Texas artist Judy ...

These are three bird paintings by Chilean artist Viviana Ovanda.The framed size on the first 2 is 9 x 9. The size on the third on is 8 x 9. These were ...

Franz Strahalm 1879-1935 San Antonio, Houston, Dallas. Image Size: 16 x 21 Frame Size: 24 x 29 Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa 1925 "Misty Blue" Texas Bluebonnets Franz Strahalm 1879-193...

Contemporary realistic Texas landscape nature painting by Houston based artist Jerry Greenberg. The work features a group of blooming water lilies floating in a tranquil lake amongst the reeds. Signed in the front lower right corner as well as titled on the reverse. Currently hung in a gold frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 30 in. x W 46 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...

Michael Frary (1918 - 2005) Austin Artist Image Size: 40 x 30 Frame Size: 41 x 31 Medium: Heavy Textured Acrylic 1966 "Victoria Tower" Biography Michael Frary (1918 - 2005) M...

This striking piece, the largest in Turchin's renowned baroque hat series, 'España' is more than just a painting; it is a vibrant storytelling canvas that embodies the essence of Spa...

Beautiful, serene painting of a fall Texas road landscape by Henri Gadbois in a gold frame with light color mat. Artist Biography: Henri Gadbois is a second generation Houston arti...

Impressionistic sepia toned pastoral landscape painting by Dan Baker. The work features a sprawling hill country landscape dotted with trees. Signed by artist in front lower right co...

Lord of Luckenback is an oil painting of a Texas Rooster prancing in the field. It is 20 x 16 and comes with a custom made frame. Artist Statement: " I am inspired by the simple ev...

By Texas artist A.D. Greer This Autumn landscape depicts a peaceful lake in the morning. A large tree with orange leaves towers in the foreground and hazy, blue and pink mountains gl...

Helen Slimp (1890 - 1995) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 12 x 16 Frame Size: 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 Medium: Oil on Board "Bluebonnets" Helen Slimp (1890 - 1995) A Virginia native, Helen Fer...