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Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800–1945 compiled by Paula L. Grauer and Michael R. Grauer
". . . a wonderful regional source packed with otherwise hard-to-find information. Essential for any library interested in Texas art and suitable for all Southwest American art collections."—Library Journal |
As the first comprehensive listing of Texas artists in more than sixty years, the Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800–1945 highlights more than twenty-five hundred artists who have lived, worked, and exhibited in Texas.
Drawing on archival documents, press releases, periodicals, and exhibition brochures in all known collections and archives, Paula and Michael Grauer provide as much information as is possible on the artists' birth and death dates and places, primary cities of residence, art education, professional credentials, and exhibition records.
Following the alphabetical list of artists, tables for each of the major exhibitions and competitions in Texas in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries cross-reference the artists who participated in those exhibitions. More than 150 color illustrations supplement the entries, showing Texas artists at their best.
Using pre-1945 exhibition and other historical records as the criteria for inclusion, the compilers received assistance from leading scholars in the field as well as collectors, Texas artists' descendants, and, in some cases, the artists themselves.
Given the developing interest in Texas art and artists among collectors and museums, the Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800–1945 will be invaluable to art historians, collectors, curators, and scholars and will enhance national appreciation of the achievements and contributions of Texas artists to American art.
PAULA L. GRAUER is a freelance writer and columnist for the Canyon News, Canyon, Texas. She graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in English Language Arts from West Texas A&M University. MICHAEL R. GRAUER, curator of art at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas, holds a B.F.A. in painting and art history from the University of Kansas and an M.A. in art history from Southern Methodist University. He has curated major Texas exhibitions for the museum, including "Women Artists of Texas, 1850–1950."
Number Three: West Texas A&M University Series
Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800–1945
ISBN 0-89096-861-6
$34.95
LC 98-51603. 8 1/2x11. 264 pp. 157 color photos. Tables
Art. Texas History. Reference Books.
Publication Date: September 1999.
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