The Tyler Museum of Art presents L.O. GRIFFITH Painting the Texas Landscape, the first major exhibition on L.O. (Louis Oscar) Griffith (1875–1956), featuring over 70 paintings of beautiful and majestic landscapes of Texas, open through January 2, 2011.
Griffith’s significant Texas oeuvre remained unknown to the museum world until recently, as he spent most of his working life in Indiana from 1922 until his death in 1956. However, he grew up in Dallas, took his first art lessons from Reaugh (who came to be regarded in later years as the “Dean of Texas Artists”), and traveled with him and his other students on “sketching expeditions” into West Texas in the early part of last century. The artist participated in many exhibitions between 1892 and 1930 in Dallas, where he kept a winter studio, winning awards in the 1892 Texas State Fair as well as the Edgar B. Davis Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions in San Antonio in 1928 and 1929. A full color catalogue published by the TMA will accompany the exhibition.
This exhibition is organized by Tyler Museum of Art.
Signature Sponsor – Mr. & Mrs. Harold Cameron Underwriter – Dr. Thomas & Debra Bochow Patron – Ken & Debra Hamlett Contributor – Target Collectors’ Circle Sponsors – Mr. & Mrs. John Glass, Jr.; A.W. Riter, Jr. Family Foundation; Robert M. Rogers Foundation; Dr. & Mrs. Frank Ward Corporate Sponsor – Genecov Group*
Image: L.O. (Louis Oscar) Griffith (American, 1875–1956). Untitled (Lone Tree at Sunset) (Detail). Oil on canvas mounted on board. 6 1/4 x 8 inches. Courtesy of Valley House Gallery, Dallas
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