Research Catalog

Title

Texas made modern : the art of Everett Spruce / Shirley Reece-Hughes.

Author

Reece-Hughes, Shirley

Publication

• College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Spruce, Everett, 1908-2002
• Montgomery, S. Janelle
• Walker, Andrew, 1964-
• Amon Carter Museum of American Art, host institution.
• San Antonio Museum of Art, host institution.

Description

159 pages : color illustrations, portraits; 26 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Joe and Bette Moore Texas art series ; no. 22

Uniform Title

Joe and Betty Moore Texas art series ; no. 22.

Alternative Title

Art of Everett Spruce

Subject

• Spruce, Everett, 1908-2002 > Exhibitions
• Spruce, Everett, 1908-2002
• Painting, Modern > Exhibitions
• Painters > Texas > Exhibitions
• Painting, Modern
• Painters
• Texas

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "This publication was supported by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth"--Half title page.
• Published in conjunction with the exhibition Texas Made Modern: The Art of Everett Spruce, at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, May 30-September 20, 2020, and at the San Antonio Museum of Art, October 10, 2020 - January 2, 2021. [Dates as originally scheduled.]

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149) and index (pages 151-159).

Call Number

JQF 21-1157

ISBN

• 1623498880
• 9781623498887

OCLC

1128389925

Author

Reece-Hughes, Shirley, author.

Title

Texas made modern : the art of Everett Spruce / Shirley Reece-Hughes.

Publisher

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Joe and Bette Moore Texas art series ; no. 22

Joe and Betty Moore Texas art series ; no. 22.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149) and index (pages 151-159).

Added Author

Spruce, Everett, 1908-2002, artist.

Montgomery, S. Janelle, contributor.

Walker, Andrew, 1964- writer of foreword.

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, host institution.

San Antonio Museum of Art, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 21-1157