GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Described by great, thick strokes of paint and strong colors, a down-and-out man leans against a wooden crutch. Around him stretch the shacks of a Depression-era Hoover City—one of the ram-shackle communities of the dispossessed that dotted the American landscape in the 1930s and were disparagingly named for President Herbert Hoover. In ironic contrast to the grim setting that the "mayor" inhabits, the skyscrapers of Dallas shimmer in the far background. Olin Herman Travis was born and raised in Dallas and trained at the Art Institute of Chicago. Travis established the Dallas Art Institute and shepherded the careers of many young Texas artists.
Excerpt from
Bonnie Pitman, ed., "Mayor of Hoover City (Texas)", in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012), 271.
NOTES
c. 1932
Changed from 1929 to c. 1932 June 14, 2012 by Sue Canterbury.
Parent: Sixty-two works of early Texas Art 2007.15.1-62
Exhibition Catalogue: Dr. Edmund P. Pillsbury and Dr. Richard Brettell, Texas Vision, The Barrett Collection: The Art of Texas and the Southwest, Meadows Museum: Dallas, TX, 2004. fig. 112, pp. 67, 172-173
Exhibitions:
People, Places and Visions, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, 02/21/2009 to 03/28/2009; Lone Star Legacy: The Barrett Collection of Early Texas Art, Dallas Museum of Art, 05/27/2007 to 11/18/2007; Texas Vision: The Barrett Collection—The Art of Texas and Switzerland, Meadows Museum, 11/24/2004 to 01/30/2005; InContext: Painting in Dallas 1889-1945, dates not available; Art Journeys, Art Museum of South Texas, 09/21/1995 to 11/26/1995; 7th Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, 03/24/1935 to April 21 1935
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Artist/designers
Travis, Olin Herman (American, 1888-1975)
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Depicted location: Dallas (Texas/United States): TGN: 7013503
Depicted location and place of origin: Texas (state/United States): TGN: 7007826
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Hoover, President Herbert
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Until 1989: Collection of Madeline Williams
1989-2007: Nona and Richard Barrett, The Barrett Collection, Dallas, Texas, Murray Smither, Dallas, Texas (dealer)
From 2007: Dallas Museum of Art, The Barrett Collection, Dallas, Texas
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- Olin Herman Travis, Biography~Read a biography of Olin Herman Travis at the Texas State Historical Association website.
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General Description
Described by great, thick strokes of paint and strong colors, a down-and-out man leans against a wooden crutch. Around him stretch the shacks of a Depression-era Hoover City—one of the ram-shackle communities of the dispossessed that dotted the American landscape in the 1930s and were disparagingly named for President Herbert Hoover. In ironic contrast to the grim setting that the "mayor" inhabits, the skyscrapers of Dallas shimmer in the far background. Olin Herman Travis was born and raised in Dallas and trained at the Art Institute of Chicago. Travis established the Dallas Art Institute and shepherded the careers of many young Texas artists.
Excerpt from
Bonnie Pitman, ed., "Mayor of Hoover City (Texas)", in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012), 271.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Olin Herman Travis, Biography~Read a biography of Olin Herman Travis at the Texas State Historical Association website.
Notes
c. 1932
Changed from 1929 to c. 1932 June 14, 2012 by Sue Canterbury.
Parent: Sixty-two works of early Texas Art 2007.15.1-62
Exhibition Catalogue: Dr. Edmund P. Pillsbury and Dr. Richard Brettell, Texas Vision, The Barrett Collection: The Art of Texas and the Southwest, Meadows Museum: Dallas, TX, 2004. fig. 112, pp. 67, 172-173
Exhibitions:
People, Places and Visions, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, 02/21/2009 to 03/28/2009; Lone Star Legacy: The Barrett Collection of Early Texas Art, Dallas Museum of Art, 05/27/2007 to 11/18/2007; Texas Vision: The Barrett Collection—The Art of Texas and Switzerland, Meadows Museum, 11/24/2004 to 01/30/2005; InContext: Painting in Dallas 1889-1945, dates not available; Art Journeys, Art Museum of South Texas, 09/21/1995 to 11/26/1995; 7th Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, 03/24/1935 to April 21 1935
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Travis, Olin Herman (American, 1888-1975)
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location: Dallas (Texas/United States): TGN: 7013503
Depicted location and place of origin: Texas (state/United States): TGN: 7007826
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Hoover, President Herbert
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1989: Collection of Madeline Williams
1989-2007: Nona and Richard Barrett, The Barrett Collection, Dallas, Texas, Murray Smither, Dallas, Texas (dealer)
From 2007: Dallas Museum of Art, The Barrett Collection, Dallas, Texas
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