As the title implies, the current exhibition celebrates the work of six pioneering Houston artists who served as principal sources and unrivaled champions of an original brand of Houston-based abstraction emergent in the late 1950s and dominating the local scene over the ensuing decades of the twentieth century. This sextet of painters include Jack Boynton (1928-2010), Dorothy Hood (1919-2000), Leila McConnell (b. 1927), Charles Schorre (1925-1996), Richard Stout (b. 1934) and Dick Wray (1933-2011), all of whom now stand as Houston icons and whose collective work energized the early expressionist movements of mid-century Texas Modernism.
This exhibition brings their impressive works together for the first time in many years. The selections are a testament to their past and present artistic contributions to Houston’s fine arts legacy, and remind us of the enduring quality and vibrancy of their work.
