William Reaves Fine Art Third Anniversary Show: A Tribute to Houston Artists
Boynton - Firewall II
Rogan - Red Reaper Sullivan - Salt and Vinegar Mears - The Magician
Stout - Evenings Fall
Criner - After the Rain
Edelman - Gulf Building
February 5 - 20, 2010
Schiwetz - Nuestra Senora del Espiritu
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Reflections on Our First Three Years: A Tribute To Our Artists and Friends
They say that time flies when you’re having fun, and we can first milestone, no matter how humble! certainly attest to that fact at William Reaves Fine Art. We’ve Aside from the obvious party opportunities, anniversaries had the best of fun in our continuing quest to showcase the offer an occasion to reflect upon the immediate past and to groundbreaking and timeless art of early and modern masters contemplate what may lie ahead. In taking stock of our first of our state, and in this pursuit, time has three years, we are of the opinion that, all certainly flown! So quickly, it seems, we things considered, we’ve started very well! are celebrating our third anniversary as Over 36 months, our fledgling gallery has Houston’s home for vintage Texas art! mounted some 24 exhibitions and hosted Of course, in a town blessed with Houston’s first auction exclusively devoted to signature galleries which span decades, earlier Texas art. As a part of our continuing we realize that three years of operation is commitment to historical documentation of actually a rather modest history to celebrate! post-war Texas painting, we have published We have long admired the sustaining 14 catalogues or artist portfolios and hosted qualities and leadership of such stalwart a series of lectures and gallery talks which art establishments as those of Meredith have brought many of the state’s foremost 40. Robert Preusser, Fish Forms Long, Betty Moody or Gerri Hooks, and artists and art scholars to local patrons. we can only hope to attain a modicum of their long-term success Our start-up efforts have been reinforced by an enthusiastic and well-deserved recognition through our own hard work and response from Texas art aficionados in the Houston and larger perseverance. So, we know that compared to some, our gallery Texas art communities, and rewarded through solid, steadily is very much a “work in progress” and yet still getting underway. increasing sales. To this end, each passing anniversary underscores Nonetheless, when we began our enterprise, knowledgeable folks our appreciation for our patrons and customers who have told us that a three-year threshold was significant in the life of a supported our gallery and our artists through their acquisitions new business. We’re not exactly sure why they said that, but we and consignments. We are grateful to our collectors for their ontake them at their word and jump at the chance to celebrate our going confidence and support of the gallery’s distinctive historical 1
mission, and particularly to those who have vested time and resources in our brand of fine art. When you boil it all down though, what every gallery ultimately celebrates by its very act of being, is the art which it shows and the artists who produce it! At William Reaves Fine Art, we love art of all kinds, but our passion is for earlier works. In the 1950s and 1960s, Houston was fortunate to attract and somehow nurture a loosely-knit colony of artists, many of whom contributed some of the most significant art ever produced in our state. Their successes and notoriety set the stage for the city’s thriving contemporary arts scene. We love to present the works of these and other pioneering Texas artists - works which emanate from their earlier periods, quietly find their way somehow to the present and show again with renewed fanfare and resilient appeal. At our gallery, we have genuine affection and deep respect for great local artists who have generated proven bodies of work over time, and we relish the chance to work with them in bringing their period works back to the public eye. We are truly honored to represent their work. What better way, therefore, to celebrate our third anniversary than offering a visual Tribute to Houston 33. Paul Maxwell, Untitled Artists. Presented here are paintings by (Still-Life) some 40 pioneering Houston artists, at work in the city from the 1920s through present. All have won prestigious awards for their painting and garnered their respective moments of fame. Most
have shown in the most prominent museums and juried exhibitions during long and accomplished careers. In addition to their own work, over half of these 41. Robert Rogan, Red Reaper artists engendered new generations of Texas artists by formerly serving as instructors at the MFAH’s Museum School of Art, or as faculty members at state and local universities such as Rice University, St Thomas University, Texas Southern University, The University of Houston and The University of Texas. The works of these artists have also graced the city’s earliest and most prominent art galleries, bustling art emporiums which have mostly passed from the scene. While the purveyors have passed, the art works endure, providing proof positive that great art and artists can and do withstand the test of time, and offering a gentle reminder that galleries have little time to rest on their laurels. Thanks to these fine artists, our patrons and friends, the first three years at William Reaves Fine Art have been good ones. We hope that together, we can travel a bit further down the road! Enjoy the art, and we’ll get back to work. Time flies when you’re having fun! William Reaves, Stephen Gaskin, and Sarah Beth Wilson
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Exhibition Checklist Fig. Artist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Adickes, David Adickes, David Adickes, David Barnstone, Gertrude Levy Biggers, John Boynton, Jack Boynton, Jack Briggs, Lamar Browne, Frederick Cargill, David Cargill, Patty Cargill, Patty Cherry, Emma R. Collins, Lowell Condon, Bill Cox, Merle Criner, Charles Dolejska, Frank Edelman, Don Edelman, Don Gadbois, Henri Gadbois, Henri Hoey, William Hood, Dorothy Johnson, Harvey Johnson, Lucas Johnson, Lucas Johnson, Lucas Lewis, Paul Martin, Anthony
Title Seated Lady as Harlequin Still Life for Ann Holmes White Chest Untitled Abstract Study for Salt Marsh Firewall II Reductive Landscape with Event Yellow Sky Brooklyn Bridge Matthew V Dancing Harlequins Still Life/Pitcher Southern Morning Figure Italian Cathedral Bird After the Rain Blue Whale Gulf Building MFA Student’s Basement Apartment Hauptmarket - Nurnberg Winter Morning Storm - Transpecos Winter and the Sea Didn't It Rain? Retrato del Rembrandt Untitled (Mexican Gathering) Untitled (People Looking Up) Blue Veil Boy in Field 3
Date
1958 1957 1961 c.1960 n/d 2006 1966-67 c.1965 c.1928 c.1953 c.1956 c.1955 c.1930 1958 1966 n/d 2005 1938 1971 1951 1957 1958 c.1980 c.1963 1992 1971 1970 1970 1962 n/d
Medium
oil/canvas pen/ink/oil/canvas oil/board oil/board color pencil oil/canvas oil/canvas oil/canvas oil/canvas terracotta oil/masonite oil/masonite oil/board encaustic/board oil/canvas oil acrylic/masonite oil/board oil/board oil/canvas oil/canvas oil/canvas acrylic/board oil/canvas acrylic/canvas charcoal/paper pencil/paper mixed media oil/canvas oil/board
Size (in.) 49x36 24x16 30x40 48x28 25.5x78 48x70 61x44 50x40 21x25 23x12 48x37 48x19 24x20 48x6 50x30 14x16 28x30 23x29 18x24 48x34 24x48 29x42 30x36 58x35 30x24 19.5x13.5 9x12 22x34 30x24 13.5x19
Exhibition Checklist, cont. Fig. Artist 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56.
Maxwell, Paul Maxwell, Paul Maxwell, Paul McConnell, Leila McConnell, Leila McConnell, Leila Mears, Herb Morris, Robert Oliver, Kermit Preusser, Robert Rogan, Robert Rogan, Robert Schiwetz, E.M. Schiwetz, E.M. Schiwetz, E.M. Schorre, Charles Schorre, Charles Sprohge, Erik Staley, Earl Stout, Richard Stout, Richard Sullivan, Stella Wingren, Dan Wingren, Dan Worthman, Harry Wray, Dick
Title Untitled (Blue Bottles) Untitled (Cabins) Untitled (Still-Life) Green Scape with White Ring Pale Fruit Poles of the Mountain The Magician Dismounted Captain with Burst Homage to Faust Fish Forms Red Reaper Red Roof Indianola Las Cruces Palmetta Gin Nuestra Senora del Espiritu Floating Signal Triptych Abstract Series, Triptych Chisos Mountains Bolivar Roads Evenings Fall Salt and Vinegar Flowers Path Through the Dunes The Heritage No Good Black Magic
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Date
1966 c. 1952 1959 1980 1954 1979 1952 c. 1969 1968 1948 1963 1967 1966 n/d 1967 1989/1994 n/d 1975 1999 1985 1967 1967 n/d 1961 1964 1962
Medium
oil/canvas watercolor oil/canvas oil/canvas oil/masonite oil/canvas oil/canvas acrylic/canvas oil/canvas oil/masonite duco/board oil/board oil/board watercolor mixed media mixed media acrylic/canvas oil/board oil/canvas acrylic/canvas acrylic/canvas oil/canvas watercolor oil/board watercolor/charcoal mixed media
Size (in.)
25x30 21x27 (framed) 39x27 48x36 24x30 48x36 39x32 24x24 40x40 20x24 30x48 24x38 15x36 14x23 15x19 36x48 60x84 18x12 (each) 36x55 50x72 36x48 30x36 10.5x7 30x25 6.5x30.5/8.5x39.5 16.25x20.25
1. David Adickes, Seated Lady as Harlequin, 1958, oil/canvas , 49x36 in. 5
2. David Adickes, Still Life for Ann Holmes, 1957, pen/ink/oil/canvas, 24x16 in.
3. David Adickes, White Chest, 1961, oil/board, 30x40 in.
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4. Gertrude Levy Barnstone, Untitled Abstract, c.1960, oil/board, 48x28 in.
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5. John Biggers, Study for Salt Marsh, n/d, color pencil, 25.5x78 in.
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6. Jack Boynton, Firewall II, 2006, oil/canvas, 48x70 in.
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7. Jack Boynton, Reductive Landscape with Event, 1966-67, oil/canvas, 61x44 in.
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8. Lamar Briggs, Yellow Sky, c.1965, oil/canvas, 50x40 in.
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9. Frederick Browne, Brooklyn Bridge, c.1928, oil/canvas, 21x25 in.
10. David Cargill, Matthew V, c.1953, terracotta, 23x12 in.
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11. Patty Cargill, Dancing Harlequins, c.1956, oil/masonite, 48x37 in.
12. Patty Cargill, Still Life/Pitcher, c.1955, oil/masonite, 48x19 in. 13
13. Emma R. Cherry, Southern Morning, c.1930, oil/board, 24x20 in.
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14. Lowell Collins, Figure, 1958, encaustic/board, 48x6 in.
15. Bill Condon, Italian Cathedral, 1966, oil/canvas, 50x30 in.
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16. Merle Cox, Bird, n/d, oil, 14x16 in.
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17. Charles Criner, After the Rain, 2005, acrylic/masonite, 28x30 in.
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18. Frank Dolejska, Blue Whale, 1938, oil/board, 23x29 in.
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19. Don Edelman, Gulf Building, 1971, oil/board, 18x24 in.
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20. Don Edelman, MFA Student’s Basement Apartment, 1951, oil/canvas, 48x34 in. 20
21. Henri Gadbois, Hauptmarket - Nurnberg, 1957, oil/canvas, 24x48 in.
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22. Henri Gadbois, Winter, 1958, oil/canvas, 29x42 in.
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23. William Hoey, Morning Storm - Transpecos, c.1980, acrylic/board, 30x36 in.
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24. Dorothy Hood, Winter and the Sea, c.1963, oil/canvas, 58x35 in. 24
25. Harvey Johnson, Didn’t It Rain?, 1992, acrylic/canvas, 30x24 in.
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27. Lucas Johnson, Untitled (Mexican Gathering), 1970, pencil/paper, 9x12 in.
26. Lucas Johnson, Retrato del Rembrandt, 1971, charcoal/paper, 19.5x13.5 in.
28. Lucas Johnson, Untitled (People Looking Up), 1970, mixed media, 22x34 in.
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29. Paul Lewis, Blue Veil, 1962, oil/canvas, 30x24 in.
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30. Anthony Martin, Boy in Field, n/d, oil/board, 13.5x19 in.
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31. Paul Maxwell, Untitled (Blue Bottles), 1966, oil/canvas, 25x30 in.
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32. Paul Maxwell, Untitled (Cabins), c. 1952, watercolor, 21x27 in. (framed)
33. Paul Maxwell, Untitled (Still-Life), 1959, oil/canvas, 39x27 in.
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34. Leila McConnell, Green Scape with White Ring, 1980, oil/canvas, 48x36 in.
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35. Leila McConnell, Pale Fruit, 1954, oil/masonite, 24x30 in.
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36. Leila McConnell, Poles of the Mountain, 1979, oil/canvas , 48x36 in.
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37. Herb Mears, The Magician, 1952, oil/canvas, 39x32 in.
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38. Robert Morris, Dismounted Captain with Burst, c. 1969, acrylic/canvas, 24x24 in.
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39. Kermit Oliver, Homage to Faust, 1968, oil/canvas, 40x40 in.
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40. Robert Preusser, Fish Forms, 1948, oil/masonite, 20x24 in.
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41. Robert Rogan, Red Reaper, 1963, duco/board, 30x48 in.
42. Robert Rogan, Red Roof, 1967, oil/board, 24x38 in.
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43. E.M. Schiwetz, Indianola, 1966, oil/board, 15x36 in.
44. E.M. Schiwetz, Las Cruces Palmetta Gin, n/d, watercolor, 14x23 in. 39
45. E.M. Schiwetz, Nuestra Senora del Espiritu, 1967, mixed media, 15x19 in.
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46. Charles Schorre, Floating Signal, 1989/1994, mixed media, 36x48 in.
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47. Charles Schorre, Triptych, n/d. acrylic/canvas, 60x84 in.
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48. Erik Sprohge, Abstract Series, Triptych, 1975, oil/board, 18x12 in. (each)
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49. Earl Staley, Chisos Mountains, 1999, oil/canvas, 36x55 in.
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51. Richard Stout, Evenings Fall, 1967, acrylic/canvas, 36x48 in.
50. Richard Stout, Bolivar Roads, 1985, acrylic/canvas, 50x72 in.
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52. Stella Sullivan, Salt and Vinegar, 1967, oil/canvas, 30x36 in.
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53. Dan Wingren, Flowers, n/d, watercolor, 10.5x7 in.
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54. Dan Wingren, Path Through the Dunes, 1961, oil/board, 30x25 in.
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55. Harry Worthman, The Heritage, 1964, watercolor/charcoal, 6.5x30.5/8.5x39.5 in.
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56. Dick Wray, No Good Black Magic, 1962, mixed media, 16.25x20.25 in.
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2313 Brun Street • Houston, Texas 77019 • 713.521.7500 • www.reavesart.com