GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Edward G. Eisenlohr's pencil drawings demonstrate his precision and control in this medium. The tonality created by his delicate linear hatch marks is as expressive as the gradations of color in oil paintings such as After the Cutting (1959.168). The meticulously rendered landscape views in Eisenlohr's sketchbook (1986.21) offer an early glimpse of his working methods. In his drawings, prints, and paintings, he depicted the landscape of North Texas and New Mexico before the urban expansion of the 1950s.
Adapted from
Heather MacDonald, DMA gallery text, February 2009.
NOTES
Same general description used for all Eisenlohr drawings and his sketchbook. (1961.112, 1982.87, 1986.21, 1991.360.7, 1991.360.8, 1991.360.9, 1991.360.10)
PUBLISHED REFERENCE
Diana Church, "Edward G. Eisenlohr: The Education of an Artist," Heritage News (Dallas County Heritage Society Incorporated), Summer 1984, volume 9, number 2, pages 4-6, 10.
- has In the Mexican Quarter on cover- spire of First Methodist Church in background. 1982.87
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From 1982: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Gayle D. Fogelson [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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- This drawing was a gift to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts the year before it changed its name to Dallas Museum of Art and relocated to its present location. At the time, the significance of the work was enhanced by its depiction of the Museum's then-pending building site. The brick bell tower shown in the background is First United Methodist Church, which is located across Ross Avenue from the Museum. When Eisenlohr drew this view of downtown Dallas, the church building was only two years old and the Museum would not be built for another fifty-six years.
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General Description
Edward G. Eisenlohr's pencil drawings demonstrate his precision and control in this medium. The tonality created by his delicate linear hatch marks is as expressive as the gradations of color in oil paintings such as After the Cutting (1959.168). The meticulously rendered landscape views in Eisenlohr's sketchbook (1986.21) offer an early glimpse of his working methods. In his drawings, prints, and paintings, he depicted the landscape of North Texas and New Mexico before the urban expansion of the 1950s.
Adapted from
Heather MacDonald, DMA gallery text, February 2009.
Fun Facts
- This drawing was a gift to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts the year before it changed its name to Dallas Museum of Art and relocated to its present location. At the time, the significance of the work was enhanced by its depiction of the Museum's then-pending building site. The brick bell tower shown in the background is First United Methodist Church, which is located across Ross Avenue from the Museum. When Eisenlohr drew this view of downtown Dallas, the church building was only two years old and the Museum would not be built for another fifty-six years.
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Notes
Same general description used for all Eisenlohr drawings and his sketchbook. (1961.112, 1982.87, 1986.21, 1991.360.7, 1991.360.8, 1991.360.9, 1991.360.10)
PUBLISHED REFERENCE
Diana Church, "Edward G. Eisenlohr: The Education of an Artist," Heritage News (Dallas County Heritage Society Incorporated), Summer 1984, volume 9, number 2, pages 4-6, 10.
- has In the Mexican Quarter on cover- spire of First Methodist Church in background. 1982.87
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Origin- Dallas, Texas
Depiction- Dallas, Texas
Process/materials
pencil
paper
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
drawing
landscape
trees
creek
church
bell tower
houses
immigrants
neighborhoods
foreground
background
composition
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1982: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Gayle D. Fogelson [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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