Texas Expressionism

William Reaves Fine ArtHouston, TX

Exhibition On View • September 14 - October 13, 2012

Collector Preview • September 14-15

Opening Reception • September 22, 5-8 p.m.

Closing Weekend • October 13-14

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Houston, Texaswww.reavesart.com

Texas Expressionism

Abstract expressionism is one of the most influential and important developments in art in the last century. Al-though much of the focus has centered on European and New York abstraction, Texas, too, adapted these modernist artistic currents. Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, the Lone Star state experienced a vivacious period of abstrac-tion. William Reaves Fine Art brings Texas expressionism to the forefront with this exhibition, which features seven art-ists: Richard Stout, McKie Trotter, Dick Wray, Dorothy Hood, and Otis Huband, Bill Reily and Charles Schorre.

Much like their state, Texas artists are fiercely independent. These artists were not part of a Texas art school or group. Each developed independently with their own artistic language. Although most of these artists received formal training outside the state, many returned or settled in Texas where they enjoyed a life-long career in the arts. Living in a unique region, these artists found inspiration in their surrounding environment, pulling from elements of the Texas landscape, the character of the area and its people. Although working outside the major art centers like New York and Paris, these artists garnered a reputation within their region and found a welcoming and supportive audience in the Lone Star state.

Richard Stout, a native Texan, was born in Beaumont in 1934. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. Returning to Texas in 1957, Stout quickly delved into a lifelong career as a professional artist and art teacher in Houston. After receiving his MFA from University of Texas at Austin, Richard joined the art faculty at the University of Houston, teaching there for almost 30 years.

Although having studied with the likes of Kathleen Blackshear and Isabel McKinnon (a former student of Hans Hoff-man) at the Art Institute of Chicago, what influenced Stout the most was the museum within which the institute was held. During lunch breaks, the young student would spend his time in the galleries, studying paintings, mesmerized by masterpieces from such artists as Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Arthur Dove.

By the end of his studies, Stout’s work had found its form, moving into an openness that is evident in the works featured in this exhibition, which represents prime examples of the artist’s earliest paintings. Their canvases highlight Stout’s skillful conception of bold compositions built up through layers of dramatic brushwork and brilliant color, as seen in paintings like Untitled (cover image,1957), which celebrates the expressive potential of paint itself.

While continuing the influences from his days in Chicago, Stout’s canvases became somewhat more landscape oriented after returning to the Lone Star state. He began to gather inspiration from the Texas coast. The paintings that followed exhibit unbridled expressionism, exuding a painterliness indebted to the Gulf Coast landscape, evidenced in paintings like Escape (1959).

Texas Expressionism

Richard StoutEscape, 1959oil on canvas71 x 71 inches

Like Stout, McKie Trotter (1918-1999) was greatly inspired by the Lone Star state, with compositions that are strong-lined and imbued with rich color. Moving to Fort Worth in 1947 after receiving formal training in Virginia and Georgia, Trotter quickly settled in as an artist and university instructor, first at Texas Wesleyan College, and later at Texas Christian University. His earlier works from the late 1940s to early 1950s convey compositions akin to cubist abstraction, playing with perspective, geometric shapes, and embellished color. As the artist moved into the later 1950s and 1960s, the paintings evolve into abstract expressionist canvases with more free-flowing elements. Forms are no longer outlined. Compositions become radically reduced, highly abstracted landscapes. Trotter’s paintings hint at geographical elements purely through fields of color, as in Fields at Dusk (1959), which employs a simple palette, with vertical bands of color to insinuate a land-scape.

Other artists inspired by the Texas landscape include Charles Schorre and Bill Reily. Charles Schorre was born in Cuero, Texas in 1925. After completing a BFA from the University of Texas, Schorre set up residence in Houston, where he taught classes at the museum school at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Rice University. Schorre has often admitted to ex-pressing his inner essential feelings in his work. In his compositions he attempts to paint the essence of the visual world, re-acting to what he sees, allowing himself to respond to each brushstroke, evidenced in work like Floating Signal (1989/1994).

McKie Trotter, Fields at Dusk, 1959, casein on masonite, 32 x 48 inches

Charles Schorre, Floating Signal, 1989/1994, mixed media, 36 x 48 inches

This exhibition also includes the dynamic 1950s-60s period of work from San Antonio artist Bill Reily. Born in 1930, Reily expressed an interest in art from a young age, receiving his first formal art instruction from Mrs. Mamie Price, an accom-plished art teacher trained at the Art Institute of Chicago. The works exhibited in this show demonstrate Reily’s ability to invent and construct an environment imbued with lush and vibrant color. Works like West Texas (1957) express an amalga-mation of forms that provoke Texas environs.

Reaching beyond the realms of the Texas landscape, Dorothy Hood’s work explores the universe of the cosmos. Born in Bryan in 1919 and raised in Houston, Hood received formal training along the east coast at The Rhode Island School of Design and The Art Students League in New York, finishing in 1941. After living almost two decades in Mexico, the artist returned to Houston in 1961, launching her teaching career at the Museum School of Art.

Hood’s paintings project the artist’s moods, tracing her experiences through various tones and hues. Likewise, one can see the importance of scale relationships in large works like Calypso (n/d). Works like Untitled (c1975) illustrate Hood’s ability to transform organic substance into atmospheric spaces, with subtle gradations of light and color that wash across of the surface of the canvas.

Bill Reily, West Texas,1957, oil on board, 20 x 24 inches

Dorothy Hood, Caylpso,n/d, oil on canvas, 60 x 70 inches

Dorothy Hood, Untitled, c1975, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Otis Huband is a long-time Houston resident, who has concentrated over the past thirty years on the production of work that follows his unique aesthetic vision and artistic philosophies. Huband was born in Virginia in 1933, traveling around the country before settling in Houston in 1965. Although inspired by the early Italian masters like Carravaggio and European modernists like Picasso and Matisse, Huband views his work as a combination of concepts of the aesthetic views of abstract expressionism. The artist allows the materials to guide him, responding to the colors and forms as they begin to appear on the canvas. Through his subconscious, the painting gradually begins to suggest an image as visual elements form the stepping stones upon which Huband travels with his paint. Paintings like Careful Surface Buttoned (2004) exude a force and energy, demon-strated through his application of bold color and dramatic forms. Figures simultaneously emerge and submerge through the frenetic layers of paint, pushing through the riots of color, like in Coldport (2012). By his expert hand, Huband makes order out of chaos.

Otis Huband, Careful Surface Buttoned, 2004, oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 46 inches

Otis Huband, Coldport, 2012, oil on canvas, 56 x 47 inches

Another Texas artist known for his energetic and expressive canvases is none other than Dick Wray (1933-2011). A native Houstonian, Wray quickly abandoned the geometric structure from his architectural training after a trip to Europe in 1958, where the artist encountered the paintings of American abstract expressionists, such as Pollock and de Kooning.

Wray’s paintings are wild, aggressive, and unapologetic in their explosions of color, line, form, and texture. Canvases like Victor Hugo Recalled (1999-2006) exude a spectra of colors, challenging the viewer in its boisterous abstraction while simul-taneously alluring in its sensual passion. Wray’s work unveils his vision, painting the paths of his vibrant imagination.

Texas expressionism comes in many forms. In a work of Texas expressionism, one sees not only expressionist qualities, but also the artist’s larger framework of experiences in Texas on which the tenets of expressionism were hung. Drawing from the character of their Texas surroundings, the artists bring their own perspective to the expressionist style. Each artist paints around an idea that has been shaped and interpreted, consciously or subconsciously, by the various elements that make up the Lone Star state. Texas has provided fertile grounds for the production of abstract expressionism, and continues to provide enthusiastic support and receptivity for its artists.

-Bill Reaves, Leslie Thompson, and Jennifer Pryor

Dick Wray, Victor Hugo Recalled, 1999-2006, mixed media, 48 x 36 inches

Texas Expressionism Exhibition Checklist

Artist Title of Work Date Medium Dimensions in inches

1 Dorothy Hood Calypso n/d oil/canvas 70x602 Dorothy Hood Figure of Wings c. 1960s oil/canvas 30x263 Dorothy Hood Untitled c. 1970s oil/canvas 36x364 Dorothy Hood Untitled c. 1975 oil/canvas 48x485 Dorothy Hood Untitled n/d oil/canvas 43x246 Dorothy Hood Untitled n/d pen/ink 20x24 7 Dorothy Hood Untitled n/d pen/ink 19 1/2x12 1/28 Dorothy Hood Untitled n/d pen/ink 20x269 Dorothy Hood Untitled n/d pen/ink 26x20

10 Otis Huband Apparatus 2012 oil/canvas 67x4411 Otis Huband Careful Surface Buttoned 2004 oil/canvas 46x35 1/212 Otis Huband Coldport 2012 oil/canvas 56x4713 Otis Huband Red Dawn 2012 oil/canvas 57x4414 Otis Huband Untitled (Pinks) 2012 oil/canvas 57x42 1/215 Otis Huband Watching T.V. 2006 oil/canvas 55 1/2 x41

16 Bill Reily Arches 1956 oil/board 24 X 1717 Bill Reily Dieseality 1953 casein 17x2318 Bill Reily Early Bird n/d casein 15x2019 Bill Reily Engulfed Cathedral n/d oil/board 48x3620 Bill Reily Shore Birds n/d mixed media 16x2321 Bill Reily The Net n/d oil/canvas 10 X 1122 Bill Reily West Texas 1957 oil/board 20 X 24

23 Charles Schorre Floating Signal 1989/1994 mixed media 36x4824 Charles Schorre Red Sea Signal 1981 oil/canvas 48x6025 Charles Schorre Sand Signal 1980 mixed media/canvas 48x7226 Charles Schorre Untitled 1973 mixed media collage 30x3027 Charles Schorre Untitled (Tree) 1979 watercolor 30x24

Texas Expressionism Exhibition Checklist

Artist Title of Work Date Medium Dimensionsin inches

28 Richard Stout Bright Storm 1956 pastel 25x3829 Richard Stout Dark Storm 1956 pastel 22 3/4x34 1/230 Richard Stout Escape 1959 oil/canvas 71x7131 Richard Stout Flowers 1957 oil/canvas 50x5032 Richard Stout Untitled 1957 oil/canvas 68x6833 Richard Stout Untitled 1959 oil/canvas 24x3234 Richard Stout Untitled 1973 acrylic/canvas 40x50

35 McKie Trotter Earthscape #7 1958-60 oil/board 58 x 4036 McKie Trotter Earthscape with Sea 1963-64 oil/canvas 46x5037 McKie Trotter Fields at Dusk 1959 casein/masonite 32x4838 McKie Trotter Natural Bridge 1959 oil/board 72 x 3239 McKie Trotter Portent 1956 oil/board 48 x 3240 McKie Trotter Skyscraperscape c.1958 casein/board 48 x 1641 McKie Trotter Two Levels #6 1964-68 acrylic/canvas 50x46

42 Dick Wray Untitled 2004 mixed media/board 60x4443 Dick Wray Untitled 2006 oil/canvas 48x3644 Dick Wray Untitled 2006 mixed media 48x3645 Dick Wray Untitled n/d mixed media/board 60x4446 Dick Wray Untitled n/d mixed media 60x4847 Dick Wray Untitled #3 c. 2000 watercolor 11x1548 Dick Wray Untitled #4 c. 2000 watercolor 11x1549 Dick Wray Untitled #5 c. 2000 watercolor 11x1550 Dick Wray Untitled #6 c. 2000 watercolor 11x1551 Dick Wray Victor Hugo Recalled 1999-2006 mixed media 48x36

Dorothy HoodSelected Biographical and Career Highlights• 1919, Born in Bryan, Texas• 1937-1940, Studies at The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence • 1941, Studies at The Art Students League, New York• 1943-1961, Lives in Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico• 1961-1972, Instructor at the Museum Fine Arts School, Houston• 1973, Wins the Childe Hassam Purchase Price, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York• 2000, Dies at Houston residence

Selected Exhibitions• 1962, Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas• 1963, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas• 1965, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas• 1970, The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas• 1971, Rice University, Houston, Texas• 1978, McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas

Selected Public Collections• Baylor University, Waco, Texas• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas• PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania• RiceUniversityCollection,Houston,Texas• TheMuseumofModernArt,NewYork,NewYork• TheNationalGalleryofArt,Washington,D.C.• WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt,NewYork,NewYork

1. Dorothy Hood, Calypso, n/d oil on canvas60 x 70 inches

2. Dorothy Hood Figure of Wings, c. 1960s oil on canvas30 x 26 inches

3. Dorothy Hood Untitled, c. 1970soil on canvas36 x 36 inches

4. Dorothy Hood Untitled, c. 1975 oil on canvas48 x 48 inches

5. Dorothy Hood Untitled, n/doil on canvas43 x 24 inches

6. Dorothy Hood Untitled, n/dpen and ink20 x 24 inches

7. Dorothy Hood Untitled, n/dpen and ink19 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches

8. Dorothy Hood Untitled, n/dpen and ink20 x 26 inches

9. Dorothy Hood Untitled, n/dpen and ink26 x 20 inches

Otis HubandBiographical and Career Highlights• 1933, Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, currently lives in Houston• 1955-1956, Attends Richmond Professional Institute of the College of William & Mary • 1956-1957, Ventura Junior College, Ventura, CA• 1957-1958, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA• 1958-1961, Virginia Commonwealth University, Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts• 1961, Marries Anne Hite Owen• 1963-1964, Attends Accademia di Bella Arti, Perugia, Italy• 1967-1971, Art Instructor at Houston Museum School of Fine Arts (now Glassell School)• 1967-1972, Art Instructor at Rice University, summer school for high school students• 1971-1982, Art Instructor at Art League of Houston• 1975, Art Instructor at University of Houston, life drawing

Selected Exhibitions• 1956, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA• 1960, Erick Schendler Gallery, Richmond, VA• 1964, Circolo di Universita, Perugia, Italy• 1965-1966, The James Bute Gallery, Houston, TX• 1966-1967, Dubose Gallery, Houston, TX• 1966-1970, Erdon Gallery, Houston, TX• 1972-1990, Louisiana Gallery, Houston, TX• 1974, University of Houston, Downtown, Houston, TX• 1976, Ars Longa Gallery, Houston, TX• 2010, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX• University of Houston Faculty Exhibition, Houston, TX

Selected Collections• Giacomo Colderone, Perugia, Italy• Mitchell Energy and Development Corporations, Houston, TX• Houston Grand Opera, Rigoletto painting for cover• Merrill Lynch, Exploration & Development Department• Emil Magliocco, Jr.• Numerous private collections

10. Otis HubandApparatus, 2012oil on canvas67x44 inches

11. Otis HubandCareful Surface Buttoned, 2004oil on canvas46x35 1/2 inches

12. Otis HubandColdport, 2012oil on canvas56 x 47 inches

13. Otis HubandRed Dawn, 2012oil on canvas57x 44 inches

14. Otis HubandUntitled (Pinks), 2012oil on canvas67 x 42 1/2 inches

15. Otis Huband, Watching TV, 2006, oil on canvas, 55 1/2 x 41 inches

Bill ReilySelected Biographical and Career Highlights• 1930, Born in San Antonio, Texas• 1948, Attends McNay Art Institute• 1952, The University of Texas at Austin, B.F.A.• 1952, Texas Fine Arts Association, Purchase Prize• 1952, San Antonio Art League, Purchase Prize• 1959, San Antonio Art League, Artist of the Year• 1962, The University of Texas at Austin, M.F.A.• 1980, San Antonio Art League, Onderdonk Prize

Selected Exhibitions• 1950, 1952-56, 1961, 1964, 1976, 1980, San Antonio Local Artists Exhibition, Witte Memorial Museum• 1950, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1971, Texas General Exhibitions• 1951-53, 1955, 1957, 1976, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Art Museum• 1956-58, Contemporary American Drawings, European Tour, U.S. Information Services• 1956-59, Contemporary American Paintings, European Tour, American Federation of Arts• 1956, 1958, 1959, D.D. Feldman Invitational Exhibitions, Dallas Museum of Art• 1956, 1971, 2002, McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas• 1958, Collages, Watercolors, Drawings, Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, New York• 1959, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas• 1988, The McNay and the Texas Artist, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas• 1996, 1950s Artists of the Year, San Antonio Art League Museum

Selected Public Collections• Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas• Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas• San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, Texas• Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas• The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas• U.S. Information Service, Washington, D.C.

16. Bill ReilyArches, 1956oil on board24 x 17 inches

17. Bill ReilyDieseality, 1953casein17 x 23 inches

18. Bill ReilyEarly Bird, n/dcasein15 x 20 inches

19. Bill ReilyEngulfed Cathedral, n/doil on board48 x 36 inches

20. Bill ReilyShore Birds, n/dmixed media16 x 23 inches

22. Bill ReilyWest Texas, 1957oil on board20 x 24 inches

21. Bill ReilyThe Net, n/doil on canvas10 x 11 inches

22. Bill ReilyWest Texas, 1957oil on board20 x 24 inches

Charles SchorreSelected Biographical and Career Highlights• 1925, born in Cuero, Texas• 1948, The University of Texas at Austin, BFA• 1949-50, instructor at the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston• 1960-72, Rice University, Assistant Professor of Fine Art• 1986, Texas Artist of the Year• Received City of Houston Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts• 1993, Educator Award from the American Institute of Architecture• 1996, passed away in Houston, TX

Selected Exhibitions• 1965, Houston Annual Area Exhibition, Houston, received first award in painting• 1966, and continuing through 1983, Charles Schorre, DuBose Gallery, Houston, TX• 1966, Houston Exhibition, received first award• 1969, First Southwestern States Watercolor Annual, received first award• 1970, 103rd Annual/American Watercolor Society, New York, received Windsor Newton Award• 1973, Private Works, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston• 1974, Drawings, Collages & Paintings, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX• 1977, International Drawing Biannale, United Kingdom• 1978, Charles Schorre, David B. Findlay Gallery, New York• 1981, Charles Schorre: Pages from Books Unpublished, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York and Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston• 1984, and continuing through 1995, Meredith Long & Company, Houston

Selected Major Collections• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston• ESSO Eastern• Exxon, New York• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston• National Endowment for the Arts• Schlumberger• Shell Oil Corporation• U.S. Marine Corps• Modern Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

23. Charles SchorreFloating Signal, 1989/1994mixed media36 x 48 inches

24. Charles SchorreRed Sea Signal, 1981oil on canvas48 x 60 inches

25. Charles Schorre, Sand Signal, 1980, mixed media, 48 x 72 inches

26. Charles SchorreUntitled, 1973mixed media collage30 x 30 inches

27. Charles SchorreUntitled (Tree), 1979watercolor30 x 24 inches

Richard StoutSelected Biographical and Career Highlights• 1934, Born in Beaumont, Texas – currently lives in Houston, Texas• 1957, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, B.F.A.• 1969, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, M.F.A.• 1969 – 74, Instructor, University of Houston, Houston, Texas• 1975 – 95, Professor, University of Houston, Houston, Texas• 2010, CASETA Artist of the Year (The Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art)

Selected Exhibitions• 1951, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, Texas• 1953, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois• 1955 – 78, Beaumont Art Museum Tri-State Annual, Beaumont, Texas (regular exhibitions)• 1956, 1014 Art Center, Chicago, Illinois (solo)• 1963 – 85, Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas (regular solo exhibitions)• 1965, Texas Painting and Sculpture Annual, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas• 1974, Abstract Painting in Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas• 1975, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas (solo)• 1985, Fresh Paint: The Houston School, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas• 1997, Richard Stout: Paintings & Drawings, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, Texas (solo)• 2007, Texas Modern, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas• 2010, Richard Stout: Alternate Realities, The Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas (solo)

Selected Public Collections• Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas• Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas• Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio• Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas• McNay Museum, San Antonio, Texas• Menil Collection, Houston, Texas• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

28. Richard StoutBright Storm, 1956pastel25 x 38 inches

29. Richard StoutDark Storm, 1956pastel22 3/4 x 34 1/2 inches

30. Richard StoutEscape, 1959oil on canvas71 x 71 inches

31. Richard StoutFlowers, 1957oil on canvas50 x 50 inches

32. Richard StoutUntitled, 1957oil on canvas68 x 68 inches

33. Richard Stout, Untitled, 1959, oil on canvas, 24 x 32 inches

34. Richard Stout, Untitled, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 inches

McKie TrotterSelected Biographical and Career Highlights• 1918, Born in Manchester, Georgia• 1940, BA, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia • 1943-45, United States Army Infantry Captain and Prisoner of War• 1950, MFA, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia• 1948-53, Instructor and Professor at Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth, Texas• 1953-88, Professor of Art at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas• 1999, Dies at Fort Worth residence

Selected Exhibitions• 1946-47, Pepsi-Cola Company’s Third annual Exhibition: Paintings of the Year, New York, National Academy of Design• 1949-55, Fort Worth Art Association Local Artists’ Exhibition, Fort Worth, Texas • 1950-58, Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art• 1951-53, Texas Fine Arts Association General Exhibition, Austin, Texas• 1954, Young American Paintings, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York• 1960, Southwestern Art: A Sampling of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Dallas Museum of Art• 1961-67, Annual Exhibition of Artists of Fort Worth, Fort Worth Art Center

Selected Public Collections• Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas• Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas• Murray State College, Tishomingo, Oklahoma• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth• Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas• Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

35. McKie TrotterEarthscape #7, 1958-60oil on board58 x 40 inches

37. McKie TrotterFields at Dusk, 1958-60casein on masonite32 x 48 inches

36. McKie TrotterEarthscape with Sea, 1963-64oil on canvas46 x 50 inches

39. McKie TrotterPortent, 1956oil on board48 x 32 inches

38. McKie TrotterNatural Bridge, 1959oil on board72 x 32 inches

40. McKie TrotterSkyscraperscape, c. 1958casein on board48 x 16 inches

41. McKie TrotterTwo Levels #6, 1964-68acrylic on canvas50 x 46 inches

Dick WraySelected Biographical and Career Highlights• 1933, Born in Houston, TX• 1955-58, Attends University of Houston, School of Architecture, Houston, TX• 1959, Attends Kunstakademie, Dusseldorf, Germany• 1962, Receives Ford Foundation Purchase Award• 1964, Guest artist at Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, CA• 1968-82, Instructor at Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX• 1978, Receives National Endowment for the Arts Artist Grant• 2000, Texas Artist of the Year, Art League, Houston, TX• 2011, Dies in Houston, TX

Selected Exhibitions• 1960, 35th Annual Houston Area Exhibition, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX• 1962, Southwest Painting and Sculpture Exhibit, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX• 1963, Dick Wray Paintings, Louisiana Gallery, Houston, TX• 1969, Tamarind Homage to Lithography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY• 1970, Dick Wray Paintings, The Museum of Fine Arts School of Art, Houston, TX• 1975, Dick Wray, one-man exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX• 1977, Dick Wray: First New York Exhibition, Lerner – Heller, New York, NY• 1979, Fire!, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX• 1985, Fresh Paint: The Houston School, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX• 1990, Printmaking in Texas: the 1980s, Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX• 1996, Texas Modern and Post-Modern, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Selected Public Collections• Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY • The Barrett Collection, Dallas, TX• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX• Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX• Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY• Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX• National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. • Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA• San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX• Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, TX

42. Dick WrayUntitled, 2004mixed media on board60 x 44 inches(invt. 1472)

43. Dick WrayUntitled, 2006oil on canvas48 x 36 inches(invt. 1023)

44. Dick WrayUntitled, n/dmixed media48 x 36 inches(invt. 1006)

45. Dick WrayUntitled, n/dmixed media on board60 x 44 inches(invt. 1865)

46. Dick WrayUntitled, n/dmixed media60 x 48 inches(invt. 1492)

45. Dick WrayUntitled, n/dmixed media on board60 x 44 inches(invt. 1865)

46. Dick WrayUntitled, n/dmixed media60 x 48 inches(invt. 1492)

47. Dick WrayUntitled #3, c2000watercolor11 x 15 inches(invt. 2004)

48. Dick WrayUntitled #4, c2000watercolor11 x 15 inches(invt. 2005)

49. Dick WrayUntitled #5, c2000watercolor11 x 15 inches(invt. 2003)

50. Dick WrayUntitled #6, c2000watercolor11 x 15 inches(invt. 2002)

51. Dick WrayVictor Hugo Recalled, 1999-2006mixed media48 x 36 inches(invt. 1018)

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Front and back cover, detail, Richard Stout, Untitled, 1957, oil on canvas, 68 x 68 inches