Texas Vintage
The genre of Texas Vintage Art has recently been the topic of discussion in regional and national auction houses, among private collectors, and fine art appraisers. With a few highly successful and much anticipated aftermarket auctions in both Texas and New Mexico, a small cohort of Texas artists have seen an increase in the demand of works dating from the mid 1950’s to the 1990’s. In “Texas Vintage” J.R Mooney Galleries of Fine Art is proud to curate a powerful selection of artworks that give us a glimpse of the dynamic force of Texas Vintage Art.Pulling from multiple sources and collections, the gallery will showcase masterpieces, unique acquisitions, and rare fine art in this ‘not to be missed’ exhibition of Vintage Texas Art. -Gabriel Diego Delgado, Gallery Director, J.R. Mooney Galleries, Boerne, TX
presents
Texas Vintage November 7, 2015
lONA bELL
Lona Bell, “Retama Ranch” Oil, 30” x 40” $3,000
sANTA DURAN
Santa Duran, “Bluebonnet Village” Oil, 16” x 20” $1,800
Bill Francis
Bill Francis, “House on Hill” Watercolor, 18” x 24” $1,950
Roland D. Enright
Roland D. Enright, “Colorado Mountain Stream” Oil, 18” x 36” $5,500
L. lozes Goff
L. Lozes Goff, “Guanajuato” Watercolor & Gouache, 11” x 15” $2,200
L. Lozes Goff
L. Lozes Goff, “Jardin de la Union” Watercolor & Gouache, 11” x 15” $2,950
A.D. Greer
A.D. Greer, “Red Roses” Oil, 25” x 30” $1,200
A.d. Greer
A.D. Greer, “Still Life Dogwood” Oil, 20” x 16” $850
G. (gerald) hARVEY
G. Harvey, “Central Texas” Oil, 12” x 16” $9,500
g. (gerald) hARVEY
G. Harvey, “Mexico Border, Rio Grande” Oil, 9” x 14” $12,000
G. (gerald) hARVEY
G. Harvey, “Changing Season” Oil, 16” x 20” $16,000
g. (Gerald) hARVEY
G. Harvey, “Springtime Reflection” Oil, 24” x 30” $16,000
peter lanz hohnstedt
Peter L. Hohnstedt, “Willowbend” Oil, 22” x 28” $4,800
peter lanz hohnstedt
Peter L. Hohnstedt, “Miniature Landscape” Oil, 4” x 5” $750
Helen hunter
Helen Hunter, “Blue Quail” Oil, 10” x 8” $1,200
Helen hunter
Helen Hunter, “Roadrunner and Cactus” Oil, 18” x 24” $3,500
wilson hurley
Wilson Hurely, “Three Cottonwoods” Oil, 10” x 14” $1,800
gilbert f. neumann
Gilbert F. Neuman, “Fall Landscape” Oil, 9” x 12” $1,600
julian onderdonk
Julian Onderdonk, “Mission San Juan” Pen & Ink, 7 1/2” x 9” $5,000
John W. Orth
John W. Orth, “Afternoon Rider” Oil, 9” x 12” $450
Joe peacock
Joe Peacock, “Where is Everybody?” Oil, 12” x 16” $750
Joe Russell
Joe Russell, “Oak on Hill” Oil, 12” x 16” $2,800
Joe russell
Joe Russell, “Texas Farmhouse” Oil, 20” x 24” $2,800
billy saathoff
Billy Saathoff, “Spring Reflections” Oil, 18” x 24” $2,500
porfirio salinas
Porfirio Salinas, “Fall Landscape” Oil, 36” x 30” $30,000
porfirio salinas
Porfirio Salinas,“Snowbound” Oil, 8” x 10” $7,500
porfirio salinas
Porfirio Salinas, “Evening Glow” Oil, 8” x 10” $7,500
William Slaughter
William Slaughter, “Texas Fall” Oil, 20” x 24” $4,500
jOSÉ vIVES-aTsara
José Vives-Atsara “Wildflowers” Oil, 10” x 8” $4,250
jOSÉ vIVES-aTSARA
José Vives-Atsara,“Valle del Bravo, Mexico” Oil, 8” x 10” $3,000
F. L. “Doc” Spellmon
F.L. “Doc” Spellmon, “That Day” Mixed Media, 18” x 15” $1,300
F. l. “doc” spellmon
F.L. “Doc” Spellmon, “Girls Picking Berries” Mixed Media, 13” x 10” $2,100
F. L. “Doc” Spellmon
F.L. “Doc” Spellmon, “Going to the Gin” Mixed Media, 11” x 6” $1,900
F. L. “Doc” Spellmon
F.L. “Doc” Spellmon, “Where You Learn to Drive, Man?” Mixed Media, 20” x 30” $4,000
rolla taylor
Rolla Taylor, “Guilbeau House on S. Flores St.” Oil, 12” x 16” $1,800
dalhart windberg
Dalhart Windberg, “Up Late” Oil, 8” x 10” $1,500
robert wood
Robert Wood, “West Texas Landscape” Oil, 22” x 32” $7,500
robert wood (attributed)
Robert Wood (attributed), “South Texas Pasture” Oil, 12” x 24” $15,000
M.R.H.
M.R.H., “Mexican Jacal, San Antonio, Folk Art” On Paper Mache Bowl, 12” Round $4,800
G. (gerald) Harvey
G. Harvey, “A Breed Apart” Bronze, #90/100 $4,700
select Artist Biographies
Helen Hunter
Helen Crain Hunter, Artist, was born August 4, 1920 (1920-2003), the first child of Rufe M. and Lydia Goodwin Crain in Pleasanton, Texas. After graduating from highschool as valedictorian in 1937, she attended Texas Woman's University (formerly Texas State College for Women) for four years, receiving her B.S. Degree in Costume Design and Art Education in June of 1941. Helen was an art teacher in the Cotulla Public School System before resigning to join the war effort at Kelly Field in San Antonio by becoming a draftsman. She transferred to Galveston as foreman of the engineering drafting department of Galveston’s Army Base for two years, then became an artist for the advertising department of a well known retail women's wear store in San Antonio. Helen Hunter re-entered the fine arts field in 1957, and began studying oil painting. She gradually developed a style of painting that ranges from impressionism to complete realism. She gained regional distinction for her renditions of the flora arid fauna of South Texas, particularly of the many varieties of cactus, wildflowers, birds, and brush country landscapes of the area around her. Helen participated in many juried shows earlier in her career, winning ribbons, prizes and honors such as the top award and purchase prize of the Texas Watercolor Society's Annual Exhibition in 1965. Helen was a member of the Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio Watercolor Group, San Antonio Art League, Coppini Academy of Fine Art, and the Brush Country Art Club of Pleasanton, Texas.
Gilbert F. Neumann Gilbert Franz Neumann was born in 1906 and was a native of San Antonio, Texas. He was one of José Arpa's top students, working and exhibiting in San Antonio in the late 1920's through the 1930's. Neumann painted a mural as part of a government art project during the depression which was hung in the Robert B. Green Hospital and was titled "Autumn". During the early 30's, Neumann joined with photographer and artist Ernest Raba and opened a fine arts school. As a member of the Leon Spring Art Colony he taught art during the summer at Leon Springs just outside of San Antonio. During the 1940's he moved to California and later returned to San Antonio were he died. Neumann exhibited in the Edgar B. Davis competitions in 1927 and 1929; an exhibit at the Witte Museum of José Arpa and his students; San Antonio Artists Guild: The Annual Texas Artists Exhibition in Fort Worth; The Dallas Women’s Forum and others.
Joe G. Russell Joe G. Russell was born in Austin, Texas, August 23, 1926 to Gladys Greer Russell and Joe A. Russell. He began to put his view of Texas down on paper at age four. As he grew up his Grandfather Will and Great Grandfather Hardin Russell were sheriffs of Blanco County. Joe and his father were accomplished horsemen and enjoyed membership in the Capital City Mounted Posse, a precision riding club. These interests united with his art in early drawings of horses and riders as well as western scenes painted in oils. First studying agriculture in college, he became serious about art at the University of Texas. A commercial art career at the prestigious Graphics Studio in Austin led to directing art at the Texas A&M Press in College Station. During this time he also worked in his home studio and became affiliated with galleries in Houston and Austin. He then decided it was time to follow his heart. In 1966 Joe moved his family to Kerrville where he began painting in oils full time. His quiet studio was at the end of a typical ranch road south of town. Joe continued his studies at the Banff School of Fine Art and Cloudcroft, New Mexico. He concentrated on portraiture for several years at the Marion Koogler McNay Museum in San Antonio, Texas. He would have told you that experience was his best teacher‌ creating a style and technique all his own. Joe left this life August 27, 2008; he is missed as his spirit lives on in his work.
Robert Wood
He was born in Sandgate, Kent on the south coast of England near Dover, the son of W.L. Wood, a famous home and church painter who recognized and supported his son's talent. In fact, he forced his son to paint by keeping him inside to paint rather than playing with his friends. At age 12, Wood entered the South Kensington School of Art. As a youth, he came to the United States in 1910, having served in the Royal Army, and he never returned to England. He traveled extensively all over the United States, especially in the West, often in freight cars, and also painted in Mexico and Canada. His itinerant existence took him to Illinois where he worked as a farmhand, to Pensacola, Florida where he married, briefly in Ohio, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. In 1912, he was in Los Angeles, and In the late 1920s and early 1930s, in San Antonio, Texas, where he lived and in 1928 exhibited in the "Texas Wildflower Competition." From San Antonio, he gained a national reputation for his strong colored, dramatic paintings. Some of that prestige has been credited to his asssociation with Jose Arpa, prominent Texas artist. Wood also gave art lessons, and one of his students was Porfirio Salinas. During this period, Wood sometimes signed his paintings G. Day or Trebor, which is Robert spelled backwards.
Catalog design: Katherine Shevchenko, Art Consultant All photography courtesy of J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art
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