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Raoul
Josset (1899-1957)
"They Might be Giants - then again, they might be the work
of Raoul Josset. The Franco-American sculptor who made larger-than-life
Texas Statues..."
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John
Trlica by
Clay Coppedge
John Trlica operated his Granger studio from 1924 until the mid-1950s.
He photographed people and places, but mostly people - regardless
of race or religion. This was a time when most rural businesses
in Central Texas closed their doors to black and Hispanic citizens.
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William
Tauch
Texas photographer William Tauch, and his sculptor daughter Waldine
Tauch
Henry
Jacob Braunig by Murray Montgomery
Hallettsville Photographer Left a Legacy of Memories
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Alfonso
Casasola and The Casasola Photo Collection
Alfonso Casasola’s studio occupied a downtown building in the 500
block of S. El Paso Street. Citizens of Juarez, El Pasoans, soldiers
from Fort Bliss, visiting Mexican entertainers and even Border Patrol
agents dropped into Alfonso’s studio to have “the moments of their
lives” recorded for posterity. And so it went for decades...
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German
Artists Draw First Hill Country Images by Michael Barrn 12-1-22
Had artists Hermann Lungkwitz and Richard Petri stayed in their
native Germany, their names may have been buried under an avalanche
of other artists with similar training and talent. Instead they
came to Fredericksburg, where their drawings and paintings became
some of the first pictorial records of the Texas Hill Country.
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Obituary
Tom Tierney
1928-2014
The Most Interesting Man in Smithville, Texas
(Artistic Divison)
Marilyn Monroe Once Took Out His Garbage
by John Troesser 7-27-14
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The
Star of the Telegram: The Cartoons of Harold Maples by Devin
McCue. Reviewed by Dr. Kirk Bane 5-1-21
James Swann Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
The
sculptress and a paper mill by Bob Bowman
We recently learned that Texas historian Light Cummings is writing
a book about sculptress Allie Tennant of Dallas, who has
an unusual link with East Texas. When the first paper mill to make
newsprint from southern pine trees was built near Lufkin in the
1930s, Tennant was commissioned to develop a plaque bearing the
likenesses of Charles Holmes Herty and Francis Patrick Garvan, who
developed a method for separating the pine resin from the tree’s
pulp...
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Art - Special Subjects |
Midcentury
Modern Art in Texas by Katie Robinson Edwards. Reviewed by Dr.
Kirk Bane 4-1-21
Wilson
Pottery by Clay Coppedge 8-4-12
Examples of Wilson stoneware have been exhibited at the Witte Museum
in San Antonio, the Institute of Texas Cultures in San Antonio,
and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. The Wilson Pottery Foundation,
with its own museum, is dedicated to preserving the memory and works
of Hiram and the other Wilsons who, in bondage and as free men,
created durable and practical stoneware that today is worth more
than what any of the Wilson potters made in a lifetime.
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Steel
House by Byrone Brown
Sculptor and architect Robert Bruno has bequeathed to us his Steel
House, sometimes referred to as “The Metal Mansion”, just outside
of Lubbock in Ransom Canyon.
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Prada
Marfa by Luke Warm
Photos courtesy Lizette Kapre, Ballroom Marfa, and the Art Production
Fund. West Texas gets a Long-Overdue Infusion of Whimsy by German-based
Artists
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Bar
Art
Saloon paintings, made with varying degrees of talent have never
been fully addressed by critics. Don’t worry, there’s no lecture
here – just a sampling of what now passes for art in and around
drinking establishments.
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Texas
Art Forum
Subject:
Old, Texas Cinemas
I am an art teacher in the Dallas, Texas area. Last year I found
your incredible website and used it for researching a project I
designed for my students on old, Texas cinemas. The results of my
8th grade studio art project was recently featured in the professional
art educator magazine, "School Arts" (April 2012). I write a blog
about art and my post last week mentioned your fabulous website
in conjunction with the information about my art project. I thought
you'd like to know that I spoke so highly of your site. Please feel
free to go to my blog (www.artteachtravel.com)
and read the entry posted on April 8 called "Memories as Catalyst".
Most sincerely, Anita Horton, April 13, 2012
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