Summer Salon: Robert Rogan Remembered

SUMMER SALON

ROBERT ROGAN (1922-2020) REMEMBERED

July 29 - August 28, 2021

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Summer Salon Vignette: Robert Rogan Remembered On view July 29 - August 28, 2021 Every summer we look forward to bringing you a curated selection of some of our best secondary market works in our Summer Salon Exhibition. This year's presentation focuses on works by Houston Founders & Texas Modernist artists and includes a vignette showing of artwork from the Estate of Robert C. Rogan (1922-2020). Dr. Rogan passed away in October 2020, leaving behind him an incredible legacy as both artist and teacher, influencing a generation of artists during his time at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas from 1961-1990. The works included in this showing range widely from his early, regionalist paintings to his mid-century cubist-inspired compositions and later works. ~

Born in Topeka, Kansas in 1922, Robert Rogan received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948 from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas followed by a Master's degree in 1950 from the University of Iowa. At the University of Iowa, the shift to a new modernism from the regionalist painting style of artists like Grant Wood, who produced the famous work American Gothic, had occurred just prior to Dr. Rogan's arrival. An exhibition of work by the internationally renowned artists Fernand Leger, Salvador Dali and Stuart Davis came to Iowa City in 1946. Dr. Rogan earned his doctorate in education at the University of Kansas in 1964. He held several academic positions before arriving at Lamar University in 1961 where he taught art education until 1990. For 19 years, he served as the chairman of the art department. The artist/educator was highly instrumental at Lamar in incorporating nude modeling into the curriculum, as well as shifting from a commercial art to a fine arts focus. Outside of Lamar, he worked with Lorene David and many other area artists and teachers to promote art education. Working primarily abstract with a bright, bold color palette, Dr. Rogan was fascinated by the water when he moved to the Southeast Texas region. He was drawn to the ports, boats, refineries, and rice farms as subjects for his paintings.

-Excerpt from Southeast Texas Art: Cross-Currents and Influences, 1925-1965, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX, 2011, catalogue.

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Robert C. Rogan (American, 1922-1920) Robert Courtney Rogan was born Sept. 26, 1922, to Courtney Crittenden Rogan and Edith McNown Rogan of Topeka, Kansas. After childhood in Topeka, Rogan served in the U.S. Army during World War II. As a sergeant in a command company's intelligence section, he was assigned to reconnaissance missions along the rapidly changing front lines, as Patton's Third Army moved across Germany in 1945. Upon Germany's surrender, his unit was immediately dispatched to the Philippines (via the Panama Canal), where it participated in the final weeks of military action against Japan. During the Korean War, Rogan was again called to duty, although remaining within the U.S. Following World War II, he received his Bachelor of Art degree from Washburn University in 1948 and followed that with a Masters of Fine Art degree from the University of Iowa in 1950.

It was during his time at the University of Iowa that he met and married Anna Ladd, and their marriage lasted 62 years, until her death in 2011.

Rogan started his academic career as an instructor at Fort Dodge Junior College in Iowa in 1950. His career path led him to the following institutions: Instructor at the University of Nebraska, Omaha from 1951 – 1954, Professor of Art at Central Missouri State University from 1954 – 1959, Instructor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence from 1959 - 1961. After teaching art at several colleges in the Midwest, Robert obtained a doctorate in education from the University of Kansas. He moved his family to Beaumont in 1961 and joined the faculty at Lamar University.

Rogan served as a professor of fine art at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas for almost thirty years, from 1961 until 1990. For nineteen years, he served as the chairman of the Art Department at Lamar, and was instrumental in shifting the department’s commercial focus to one of fine art. Rogan assisted in the incorporation of figure drawing courses into the curriculum, which was viewed as an achievement in elevating the program’s art education to more classical modes of artistic training. Outside of Lamar University, he worked to promote art education in Southeast Texas, with Beaumont artist Lorene David and several other artists and teachers.

After arriving in Texas in 1961, Rogan was inspired by the natural and industrial landscape of Southeast Texas with its ports, refineries, and rice farms along the Gulf Coast. Throughout his oeuvre, Rogan repeatedly revisited subjects characteristic of the region and his everyday surroundings, working primarily in abstraction with a bright, bold color palette. Over his almost forty-year career as an artist, he experimented with many different styles and media.

Beginning as a Regionalist artist, Rogan later moved into abstraction with his own version of Abstract Expressionist painting, blended with “Texas Cubism” which was popular at midcentury. The abstract paintings from his Texas period are recognizable as distinctively “Rogan”. His high caliber and consistent engagement with abstraction, plus the clear 2143 Westheimer | Houston, TX 77098 | 713.521.7500 | www.foltzgallery.com

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influence of Southeast Texas, makes his work a valuable addition to the development of PostWar Modern art in Texas. His decidedly modernist paintings evolved through different creative styles over the years, but generally displayed vivid colors on frameworks of loosely geometrical black lines. His work is prominently noted in the book "Midcentury Modern Art in Texas" (2014) by Dr. Katie Edwards. Rogan retired from his teaching position at Lamar University in 1990, and continued to reside in Beaumont, Texas until his passing on October 7, 2020, at the age of 98.

Selected Biographical and Career Highlights 1922 Born in Topeka, Kansas 1948 B.A., Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas 1950 M.F.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1950 Instructor, Fort Dodge Junior College, Fort Dodge, Iowa 1951-1954 Instructor, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska 1954-1959 Professor of Art, Central Missouri State University, Warrenburg, Missouri 1959-1961 Instructor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 1961-1990 Professor of Art; Head of Art Department, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 1964 PhD, in Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 1990 Retired from teaching, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 2020 Died in Beaumont, Texas, at age 98 Selected Exhibitions 1950 University of Iowa 1954 The Midwest Exhibition: The Third Biennial Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture and Graphic Arts 1959-61 University of Kansas, Various Group Exhibitions 1963 The Second Annual Coastal Art Exhibit 1964-48 The Beaumont Art Museum Annual Exhibition 1965 The Texas Fine Arts Association Citation Exhibition 1966-67 The Texas Fine Arts Association Circuit Exhibition 1968 Museum Directors Prize 1971 The Beaumont Art Museum Annual Exhibition 1979 Neches River Festival Exhibition, Lamar Faculty Artists, Beaumont, TX 2009 Back to the Future: Elements of “Modern” in Mid-Century Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX 2011 Breakthrough: 65 Years of Texas Abstraction, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX 2011 Southeast Texas Art: Cross-Currents and Influences, 1925-1965, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX. 2011 Lone Star Modernism: A Celebration of Mid-Century Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX 2012 A Survey of Texas Modernists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX 2013 Rhythms of Modernism, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX 2016 A Life in Art: Robert Rogan, William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, Houston, TX 2021 Summer Salon: Robert Rogan Remembered, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, TX 2143 Westheimer | Houston, TX 77098 | 713.521.7500 | www.foltzgallery.com

The Early Years, 1940 - 1960

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Robert Rogan Topeka Railroad , 1946 watercolor 15 x 19.50 in $1,500.00 Signed and dated, lower right.

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Robert Rogan Topeka Railroad, 1946 watercolor 15.50 x 20.25 in $1,800.00

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Robert Rogan Railroad, N. Topeka, Kansas, 1946 lithograph 9.50 x 12.50 in $800.00

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Robert Rogan Barn, 1946 lithograph 10 x 14 in $750.00

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Robert Rogan and Kent McAlexander Train Station, 1947 lithograph 12 x 15.25 in $800.00

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Robert Rogan Button Road Home place, 1948 lithograph 4.75 x 6.50 in $750.00

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Robert Rogan 21st St. Market, Topeka, Kansas, 1948 lithograph 10.25 x 13.50 in $750.00

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Robert Rogan Railroad Stop, 1949 oil on masonite 10 x 18 in $3,200.00 Signed and dated, lower right.

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Robert Rogan Coal Yard, c. 1950 oil on canvas 28 x 36 in Framed 29 x 37 in $4,500.00 Signed, en verso.

Exhibition History: 2011, SETX: CrossCurrents and Influences, 1925-65, AMSET, Beaumont, Texas (label en verso)

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Robert Rogan Self Portrait, 1949 oil on canvas 20 x 18 in Framed 19 x 0 in $1,800.00 Signed and dated, lower left. Titled, Dated and Signed en verso

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Robert Rogan Self-Portrait, c. 1955 mixed media on paper 13 x 9 in $800.00 Signed, lower right.

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Robert Rogan Untitled #5 (Boy on Bike), 1959 print 22.25 x 11.75 in $700.00 Signed and dated, lower right. Unframed.

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Robert Rogan Untitled Church Scene, no date linocut print 6 x 4 in $650.00

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Robert Rogan Untitled #1, no date mixed media on paper 18 x 23 in $1,400.00

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The Teaching Years Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 1961-1990

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Robert Rogan Shapes of the City, 1962 acrylic on board 18 x 24 in Framed 23.75 x 29.50 in $2,400.00 Signed, lower left. Titled and dated, en verso.

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Robert Rogan Panhandle Fields, c. 1965 oil on canvas 30 x 36 in Framed 31 x 37 in $3,800.00 Signed, lower right. Signed, en verso.

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Robert Rogan Untitled (grey abstract), c. 1965 Duco on canvas board 24 x 20 in Framed 28.50 x 24.50 in $2,500.00 Signed, en verso.

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Robert Rogan Cubist Nude, c. 1965 oil on canvas 24 x 40 in Framed 27.25 x 43.25 in $3,400.00 Signed, lower right and en verso.

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Robert Rogan Untitled Abstract, c. 1965 duco on board 18 x 24 in Framed 22 x 26 in $2,400.00 Signed and dated, en verso.

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Robert Rogan Red Nude Reclining, c. 1965 oil on masonite 30.50 x 48.50 in Framed 32 x 50 in $4,500.00 Signed, lower right.

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Robert Rogan Untitled (red pathway), c. 1965 oil on canvas 16 x 20 in Framed 20.50 x 24 in $2,200.00 Signed, lower left.

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Robert Rogan Cliffs of Trebor, c. 1965 oil on canvas 40 x 40 in Framed 41.50 x 41.50 in $4,200.00 Titled, en verso. Signed, lower left.

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Robert Rogan Landscape with Plateau, c. 1975 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 39.50 in $4,000.00 Signed, lower right. Unframed.

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Robert Rogan Untitled, c. 1965 oil on canvas 29.50 x 39 in Framed 30.25 x 40.50 in $4,000.00 Signed, lower right.

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Robert Rogan Untitled Abstract, c. 1965 mixed media on paper 7 x 8.50 in $650.00 Signed, lower right.

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Robert Rogan Untitled , c. 1970 collage and oil on canvas 18 x 24 in Framed 20 x 26 in $2,200.00 Unsigned.

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Robert Rogan Tree Shadow, c. 1985 oil on canvas board 16 x 20 in Framed 20.50 x 24.50 in $2,200.00 Signed and titled, en verso.

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Retirement The Late Works 1991 - 2020

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Robert Rogan Untitled Abstract Shapes, 1999 oil on canvas board 12 x 9 in Framed 16.50 x 13.50 in $1,400.00 Signed, lower right. Signed, dated, en verso

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Robert Rogan Still life, 1999 oil on masonite 7.75 x 6 in $600.00 Signed and dated, lower left. Signed and titled, en verso.

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Robert Rogan Jetty, 2002 oil on canvas 36 x 24 in Framed 37.50 x 24.50 in $3,200.00 Signed, lower right. Signed, titled, and dated, en verso.

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Robert Rogan Untitled (pink, black, green), 2007 mixed media on artist board 14 x 11 in $950.00 Signed and dated, lower left.

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Robert Rogan Red Square, 2011 oil on canvas 24 x 36 in Framed 25.75 x 37.75 in $3,200.00 Signed, lower right. Signed, titled, and dated, en verso.

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Dr. Robert C. Rogan (1922-2020)

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