THE NINTH . TEXAS GENERAL EXHIBITION
1947 1'9 48
DALLAS HOUSTON . SAN ANTONIO
COVER:
" YELLOW SHOES"
O il Pa int ing by Def orr est H. Judd, 'Da lla s
THE NINTH TEXAS GENERAL EXHIBITION
1947
UNDER
DALLAS MUSEUM
1948
THE
COMBINED
MUSEUM OF
OF
FINE ARTS
AUSPICES
FINE OF
OF
ARTS
HOUSTON
WITTE MEMORIAL MUSEUM, SAN ANTONIO
EXHIBITION CALENDAR
Museum of Fine Arts of Houston
October 26 through November 16
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
November 30 through January 4
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio
January 18 through February 8
FOREWORD The Texas General Exh ibition now in its ninth year has survived a great world war without a break in its continu ity . This year it has emerged with what to date is its largest amount of cash prizes and the greatest number of individual entries to be exam ined by its jury. A brief review, then, of its foundation and purpose would seem to be appropriate . Early in 1939 representatives of the three art museums of the State, then in active operation, decided to join hands to assemble an annual exhibition of current Texas art. Each shared the conviction that by collective effort a group of art wo rks could be formed representative of the highest attainments of Texas artists . Moreover, it was recognized t ha t no group of similar qual ity cou ld be assembled by each museum individually except through duplication of effort and expense . From the beginning it was planned that the exhibition in its entirety would be shown in each of the collaborating museums, but in this sense only was it to be a circulating exhibition. It was felt that a circu it beyond the participating museums would create technical and administrative problems difficult to handle under existing conditions, and that to increase the length of time of the exhibition schedule would discourage the artist from entering h is most significant or most recent works. No arbitrary limit was, or is, imposed upon the size of the exh ib ition, but quality was never to give way to quantity.
Each year the works of new pa inters and new sculptors make their appearance, a welcome sign" of growth and development, but only in a secondary sense is the Texas General Exhibition an effort towa rd finding and encouraging new talent. The primary object always has been to gather and to show the most representative works by the most representative Texas artists. To achieve this objective, generous aid has been given by individuals, business firms and educational organizations by gifts of cash awa rds and purchase prizes. The public too has a ided as is shown by the increasing number of sales from the exhibitions. It is hoped that this and succeeding exh ib itions will deserve even g reate r amounts of th is concrete ev idence of appreciation . This year 564 works by 366 artists were entered in the competition and of these, 111 works by 101 artists were selected by the jury for exhibition. These works in many mediums represent nearly all of the various types of expression which give the art of today so complex a pattern. The so-called " p rim itiv e ," the varying phases of realism, t he enigmas of surreal ism , the design st ructure of the abstraction , the geometric harmony of non-objective art, all are seen in this exhibition wh ich stands for freedom of thought and statement. It reaffirms in the language of art the meaning of the o ld wo rds, " I do not agree with a word you say, but w ill defe nd to the death your right to say it." James Chillman, Jr.
" MEXICAN PEOPl E" -le ft pa ne l o f tr iptych by Ed mu nd Kinzin ger, Tao s a nd Wa co
JURY OF SELECTION AND AWARD Doel Reed, A. N. A. painter, and professor of art, Oklahoma A. and M. College. Etienne Ret, painter and visiting instructor, San Antonio Art Institute. Armin Scheler, sculptor and acting head, Fine Arts Department, Louisiana State University.
AWARDS Purchase Prize of $300.00 GIVEN BY THE MARQUIS AND MARQUISE D' OYlEY OF HOUSTON FOR AN OUTSTANDING WORK SELECTED BY THE DONORS TO BECOME A PART OF THE D' OYlEY COLLECTION TO
BILL BOMAR, Fort Worth
for oil painting " Flo ra"
Purchase Prize of $100.00 for Watercolor GIVEN BY THE FORT WORTH ART ASSOCIATION TO
EDWARD SCHIWETZ, Houston for gouache and oil glaze "Sunday AfternoonEagle Pass" Prizes of $100.00 GIVEN BY THE HUMBLE OIL AND REFINING COMPANY
First prize with special commendation of the jury to EDMUND KINZINGER, Taos and Waco for oil painting "Mexican People" (Triptych) Second prize to for s:ulpture " A b ra ha m "
CHARLES UMLAUF, Austin Prize of $100.00
GIVEN BY FOLEY'S OF HOUSTON TO
FRANCES SKINNER, Houston
for oil painting " Un rela ted Objects" Prize of $100.00
GIVEN BY THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS TO
RALPH WHITE, JR., Austin
for o il pa inting " Tex a s Hill Country" Prize of $50.00
GIVE BY THE SAN ANTONIO ART LEAGUE TO
KELLY FEARING, Austin
for o il painting " Dr ea m of Jacob" Prize of $50.00
GIVEN BY MR. AND MRS. ROBERT D. STRAUS OF HOUSTON TO
GRACE BETH FEAGIN, Houston
for oil painting " Litt le Nina"
Prize of $50 .00 GIVEN BY THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS OF HOUSTON TO
JANE S. CRANZ, Fort Worth
for ceramic "One and Over"
HONORABLE MENTION TO MARTIN DREYER, Houston for oil painting " M i d n ig ht Stroll" for oil painting "Driftwood and Schooner" BOYER GONZALES, JR., Austin MRS. EMILY MAVERICK MILLER, Austin for oil painting " Scene in Haiti"
" UN RELATED OBJECTS " -Oil pa inting by France s Sk inn er , Housto n
r
CATALOGUE The mojority af the paintings in the exh ibilion are for sale at the prices listed in the catclogue. No commiss ion is charged for effecting sales. All inquiries rega rd ing purchases should be made at the office.
OILS l. 2.
ANNALYN ACHNING San Antonio RICHARD K. AYERS Denver and Vernon
Sleeping Nude
$50 .00 Jonquil Time in Colorado
$200.00
3.
MAZYE BECKER Dallas
Feed Mill Unquoted
4.
MAZYE BECKER Dallas
Another Woman's House Unquoted
5.
BERTHA BENNETT San Antonio
6.
BILL BOMAR Fort Worth
7.
DAVID BROWNLOW Fort Worth
8.
JERRY BYWATERS Dallas
9. ' 10 . 1l.
MARY CADY Houston MAURINE CANTEY Houston GEORGIE CARR San Antonio
12.
GENE CHARLTON New York and Houston
13.
LOWELL D. COLLINS Houston
14. 15. 16. 17 .
ROBIN CURTIS Houston OTIS DOZIER Dallas MARTIN DREYER Houston GRACE BETH FEAGIN Houston
Old Shoes
$125 .00 Flora Not for Sale The Night Game
$100.00 Old Buildings-Leadville, Colorado
$40cf.00 Vegetable Boy
$100.00 Of the Sea
$250.00 San Antonio River
$150 .00 Paris-Avenue de l'Opera Not for Sale Crucifix
$150.00 Industrial Motion
$250.00 Desert
$500 .00 Midnight Stroll
$200.00 Young Nina Unquoted
CATALOGUE
l
,r
18.
KELl Y FEARING Austin
19.
SEYMOUR FOGEL Austin
20 .
KATHRYN FRANCIS Houston
2l.
MURIEL WilKINS FRANCIS Fort Worth
22 .
BOYER GONZALES, JR. Austin
Dr iftwood and Schooner $350.00
23.
BOYER GONZALES, JR. Austin
Wh ite Water $350.00
24.
CELIA JAMISON Denton
October 31 st $200.00
25 .
PHILIP JOHNSON Dallas
26 .
DEFORREST H. JUDD Dallas
Yellow Shoes $150 .00
27.
EDMUND KINZINGER Taos and Waco
Mexican People (Triptych) Not for Sale
28.
ROBERT L. lANCASTER, JR. San Marcos
29 .
BERTHA lANDERS Dallas
30 .
RUTH lANGFORD Searcy, Arkansas and Mt. Enterprise
Still Life with Duck $300.00
3l.
RUTH lANGFORD Searcy, Arkansas and Mt. Enterp rise
The Black Stocking $300.00
32 .
BERNARD H. lASKY Houston
33 .
WM . lESTER Austin
Relic $200.00
34 .
WM. lESTER Austin
White in Foreground $200 .0 0
35 .
CHARMIN S. lEVY Houston
36.
WARD lOCKWOOD Austin
Dream of Jacob $600.00 Structures i n Black $850 .00 The Watchers $115.00 Penelope $350.00
Fish Kite $200.00
Haybalers $150 .00 Floriculture $350 .00
Filling Station Not for Sale
Sunset on the City $300.00 Pr ison Rodeo $1000.00
CATALOGUE 37 .
HAL LOTTERMAN Fort Worth
38.
NINA MOATES MAGERS Fort Worth
39.
MRS. EMILY MAVERICK MILLER Austin
40 .
PERRY A. MOORE Houston
The Dignity of Age $350.00
41.
GLORY H. MORRIS Houston
Texanensis II $100.00
42 .
LOREN MOZLEY Austin
43 .
BLANCH HElM NICE Houston
44 .
MARGARET OWEN Austin
45 .
JOSEPH POLLEY PAINE Georgetown
46 .
HELEN PEARSON Houston
47 .
ROBERT PREUSSER Houston
48 .
EMILY RUTLAND Robstown
49 .
BEEBE SAWYER Dallas
50.
CHARLES SCHORRE Aust in
5 1.
JOSEPH F. SCHWARTING Houston
Portrait of Shirley Not for Sale
52 .
FRANCES SKINNER Houston
Unrelated Objects $250.00
53.
EMILY GUTHRIE SMITH Fort Worth
Summertime $300.00
54.
LEORA McNESS SMITH Kingsville CHESTER SNOWDEN Houston
My Hobbies $50.00 Alice in Wonderland $200.00
55 .
Crucifixion $1200.00 Nun and Novice $75.00 Scene in Haiti Not for Sale
Mountain and Mesa Unquoted little Black Bea r Unquoted Woman in Blue $100.00 Ohl Why Did I Awake-When Shall I sleep-again? Unquoted The little Street $50.00 Color Interfusion $250.00 Muddy Corra l $200.00 Shore Collection Unquoted Blues $250.00
CATALOGUE
56. 57. 58. 59. 60 . 6l. 62. 63. 64. 65 .
ALLAN STEHLING San Anton io ELPIDIO TELLEZ San Antonio CHARLES B. THOMPSON San Anton io ADELE UNDERWOOD THOMSON Corpus Chr isti JACK TINKLE San Antonio AMELIA URBACH San Antonio
67.
$100 .00 Queen of Them All
$75.00 Novice
$100.00 Gathering Storm
$200.00 The Fair
$150.00 White Hen
$100.00
MILDRED WARLICK Dallas
Possum Kingdom
RALPH WHITE, JR. Austin
Texas Hill Country
$100.00 $350.00
CLARA McDONALD WILLIAMSON Dallas
The Girls Went Fishing
CLARA McDONALD WILLIAMSON
The Symphony Orchestra
Dallas
66.
EI Oradon
ROBERT WILLSON Handley DOUTHITT WILSON Austin
$800.00 $1200.00 The Cons idered Color of Leaves
$300 .00 Winter Landscape-Arkansas
$100.00
WATERCOLORS
68 . 69.
MARJORIE BALTZEL Denton EDITH M . BRISAC Denton
Overpass (g o ua che)
$35.00 Goldfield, Ghost Town
$100.00
70 .
MAUDEE LILYAN CARRON Port Arthur
Pinwheel Street (Watercolor and O il Glaze) $30.00
7l.
CARL BENTON COMPTON Denton
Blue Cow (g o ua che)
72 .
MILDRED COMPTON Denton
73.
RUTH BARRETT DUNN San Anton io
$50.00 Youth (g o ua che)
$25.00 September's Lady
$ 10 0. 0 0
CATALOGUE 74.
J. B. ERWIN Jacksboro
First Impression-Bartok Violin Concerto (Watercolor and Ink) $250.00
75.
KELLY FEARING Austin
76.
GENEVIEVE FILSON Houston
77.
MARIAN GRUNBAUM Houston
Earth Could Be Fair (gouache) $175 .00
78 .
ROBERT B. HAWKINS Kingsville
San Xavier Not for Sale
79.
VERONICA HELFENSTELLER Fort Worth
80.
CLARICE HOLLOWAY Port Arthur
81 .
ALICE NAYLOR San Antonio
82 .
LEE LAKE OVERTURF Houston
83.
ROBERT K. REED San Antonio
84.
ALVIN S. ROMANSKY Houston
85 .
EDWARD SCHIWETZ Houston
Sunday Afte rnoon -Eagle Pass (g o ua che and o il glaze) Not for Sal e
86 .
EDWARD SCHIWETZ Houston
Prairie Town Vista (g o ua che and oil ) $250.00
87 .
CHARLES SCHORRE Austin
Narcissu s $7 5.0 0
88 .
FRANCES SCHROERLUKE Houston
89 .
WILLIAM S. SHIELDS San Antonio
90 .
JANET M. SHOOK San Antonio
91 .
BROR UTTER Fort Worth
Whisper of Growth (gouache and watercolor) $100.00 The Mountains $35.00
Aviary (gouache) $100.00 Unloading the Circus-Colorado Springs (oil and tempera ) $50.00 Young Girl $50.00 Urgel (p a stel and grease crayon ) $300 .00 Playland $50.00 How Deep is the Ocean? (tempera ) $50.00
Risible Moon (pa stel) $75.00 The Mystery House $40.00 Ad Infinitum (w a ter co lor and ink ) $50.00 Tranfo rmed Urns (g o ua che) $85 .00
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS 92.
FRANCES JANE BISHOP Dallas
Bottles (serigraph ) Unquoted
CATALOGUE 93.
L1A CUllTY Fort Worth
94.
STEllA l. laMOND Dallas
95 .
MERRITT MAUZEY Dallas
96.
BLANCHE McVEIGH Fort Worth
97.
COREEN MARY SPEllMAN Denton
98 .
FLORENCE VOlK Dallas
Prairie Flowers (pencil) $50.00 Vista del Arroyo (seri g ra p h) $5 .00 Inva sion (li th og ra p h) $20.00 Commissary (aquatint) $20.00 Telephone Pole Patterns (lit ho g r a p h) $15.00 Canars ie Special (li t ho g ra p h) $20 .00
SCULPTURE 99 .
lOWEll ALDEN Houston
100. JEAN ANDERSON Houston 101. MARY CADY Houston 102. DOT CARAWAY Fort Worth 103.
JANE S. CRANZ Fort Worth
104. NORMA HENDERSON Houston 105.
MARJORIE NOON Wichita Falls
106.
VIRGINIA OECHSNER Dallas
Bowl (cera m ic) $18.00 Plate-Head Deco rat ion (cer a mic) $15.00 Dancer (p la ster) $150 .00 Mother and Child (cera m ic) Not for Sale One a nd Over (cer a m ic) $ 10. 00 Abstract Figu re (cera mi c) $25.00 Spinster (redwood) $75.00 A Study (al umi n u m) $800.00
107. FRANCIS STEPHEN Dubl in
G irl Dry ing Her Ha ir (ter ra cotta ) $150.00
108 . MARGARET STITES San Angelo
Slender Girl (red w o od) $75.00
109. CHARLES UMLAUF Aust in
Abraham (ter ra cotta ) $1 50 .0 0
110. WilLIAM V. WIESE Houston
Sitting Woman (cera mi c) $15 .00
111. WilLIAM V . WIESE Houston
Sitting Nude (cer a m ic) $35.00
" FLO RA"-O il
painting
by
Bill Bomar, Fort
Worth