The last twenty-five years have seen a
resurgence of interest in early Texas art and
artists. This renaissance
in early Texas art has been
nurtured by advances
in scholarship, growth
in public exhibition
and collection-building
in the field. William
Reaves Fine Art is proud
to play a small role in
this rediscovery and reexamination
of historically
significant art in our
state. We believe that
our gallery’s work in
documenting Texas art
from the middle decades
of the twentieth century is particularly
important, as the post-war period is gaining
renewed appreciation as a time of dynamic
growth and creative divergence in the
visual arts in Texas. Texas artists working
from the late-40s through the 70s are just
now beginning to receive their due, and
their myriad contributions to regional and
national art only now being recognized.
This belated recognition seems particularly
true for African-American artists who were
at work in mid-century Texas.
