From the Private Collections of Texas

From the Private Collections of Texas
Author: Richard R. Brettell
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2009
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780912804514

This stunning catalogue documents and accompanies an exhibition held at the Kimbell Art Museum that represents the first comprehensive survey of the history of private art collecting in Texas.

From the Private Collections of Texas

From the Private Collections of Texas
Author: Richard R. Brettell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2009
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This stunning catalogue documents and accompanies an exhibition held at the Kimbell Art Museum that represents the first comprehensive survey of the history of private art collecting in Texas.

The Kinsey Collection

The Kinsey Collection
Author: Khalil B. Kinsey ($e writer of added commentary)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2011
Genre: African American art
ISBN: 9780982622537

The Art of David Everett

The Art of David Everett
Author: Becky Duval Reese
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2021
Genre: Nature (Aesthetics)
ISBN: 9781623499822

Austin artist David Everett was born and raised in Texas, and his work reflects an organic and wholly original Lone Star State ethos. His stunning vision and exquisite craftsmanship evoke nature's essential grace and harmony in beautiful sculptures, bas-relief carvings, woodcuts, and drawings. Steve Davis, former president of the Texas Institute of Letters, writes of Everett, "David has never been one of those artists-as-marketers who relentlessly hype themselves. Instead, he has let the quality of his work speak for itself. And it does more than speak--it sings." Everett's creations inspire a passionate devotion among his many fans and collectors. He appears in high-profile exhibitions across Texas and the Southwest and his work is found in many public, corporate, and private collections. An introduction by prominent novelist Stephen Harrigan sets the perfect tone for an absorbing consideration of Everett's oeuvre in The Art of David Everett: Another World. Author and editor Becky Duval Reese, respected art curator, writer, and retired director of the El Paso Museum of Art, contributes an insightful essay on Everett and his place in Texas art, followed by an absorbing interview with curator, author, and teacher Richard Holland, both offering revealing and satisfying insights into the shaping and development of the artist's unique viewpoint and methods. The heart of the book is the abundant collection of breathtaking, full-color reproductions of Everett's work. Here, the reader gains a vivid view of how Everett's artistic instincts have been nurtured by life experiences and a maturing aesthetic rooted in tradition.

Texas Made Modern

Texas Made Modern
Author: Shirley Reece-Hughes
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2020-09-25
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1623498899

Everett Spruce came to Texas from his Arkansas home in 1925 to study at the Dallas Art Institute. Over the next seven decades, he became one of the most important painters and teachers in the region. One of the “Dallas Nine,” a group of influential Texas Regionalists that included Jerry Bywaters, Otis Dozier, William Lester, and others, Spruce was among the artists who lobbied the Texas Centennial Commission for a greater role in the Centennial Exposition of 1936. These efforts, though unsuccessful, nevertheless led to greater recognition and influence for Texas art and artists. Spruce was assistant director and taught art at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts until 1940 when he joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin. He painted and taught at the university for the next 38 years, guiding and shaping the next generation of Texas artists, including Roger Winter, William Hoey, and others. Spruce died in 2002 at the age of 94. Texas Made Modern: The Art of Everett Spruce traces Spruce’s artistic evolution from his early experimental work of the 1920s through the mysterious, surrealist-imbued landscapes of the 1930s. The work addresses his boldly expressionistic imagery of the 1940s and his abstract expressionist–inspired paintings of the mid-twentieth century. Departing from previous accounts of Spruce, which label him a prototypical regionalist, this study reveals the nuanced meanings behind the artist’s shifting approaches to Texas subject matter and resituates his artwork within the broader narrative of American art.