GENERAL DESCRIPTION
NOTES
Created in 1935
Object File Reviewed
Photograph in 100 years publication of Jerry Bywaters with this portriat---could not access in Piction
Unmarked document in Object File (probably acquisition proposal which is why I'm not using it):
"Self-Portrait of 1935, proposed as a gift from Mrs. Boeckman, will join two other penetrating likenesses by Bywaters from the decade already in the DMA. It makes a strong bridge between Portrait of David William, 1932, and Sharecropper, 1937, but interestingly seems to share more psychologically with the latter than the former. Although Bywaters was a young art professional like David Williams, he cast his own image in the same severe, frontal, unflinching, and timeless terms as he did the sharecropper's. Bywaters wrote about these paintings that they were painted in "the style of Flemish or early Italian painters—hard-edged, sober, with strong modelling but without much color interest. It was a time of concentrating on observing character, whether in people or things, as if I were really looking intensely for the first time ever."
Related Object: 1989.172 Jerry Bywaters, Self-Portrait
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Dallas (Texas/United States): TGN: 7013503
Process/materials
Oil on Masonite
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1990: the Estate of Jerry Bywaters
From 1990: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan E. Boeckman in honor of Mrs. Eugene McDermott [1]
[1] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Bywaters, Jerry, Texas State Historical Association Biography~Read more about Jerry Bywaters on the Handbook of Texas Online (published by the Texas State Historical Association).
- Dallas Nine~Read more about this group on the Handbook of Texas Online (published by the Texas State Historical Association).
- Southern Methodist University's Digital Collection~View a large collection of Bywaters' works digitally in a local university collection (organized by Southern Methodist University's Central University Libraries Digital Collections).
- Bywaters Special Collections~Learn more about the Bywaters Special Collections (housed at Hamon Arts Library at Southern Methodist University, organized by Southern Methodist University's Central University Libraries Digital Collections).
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
FUN FACTS
- Jerry Bywaters was the director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, now known as the Dallas Museum of Art, from 1943 to 1964.
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General Description
Fun Facts
- Jerry Bywaters was the director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, now known as the Dallas Museum of Art, from 1943 to 1964.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Bywaters, Jerry, Texas State Historical Association Biography~Read more about Jerry Bywaters on the Handbook of Texas Online (published by the Texas State Historical Association).
- Dallas Nine~Read more about this group on the Handbook of Texas Online (published by the Texas State Historical Association).
- Southern Methodist University's Digital Collection~View a large collection of Bywaters' works digitally in a local university collection (organized by Southern Methodist University's Central University Libraries Digital Collections).
- Bywaters Special Collections~Learn more about the Bywaters Special Collections (housed at Hamon Arts Library at Southern Methodist University, organized by Southern Methodist University's Central University Libraries Digital Collections).
Notes
Created in 1935
Object File Reviewed
Photograph in 100 years publication of Jerry Bywaters with this portriat---could not access in Piction
Unmarked document in Object File (probably acquisition proposal which is why I'm not using it):
"Self-Portrait of 1935, proposed as a gift from Mrs. Boeckman, will join two other penetrating likenesses by Bywaters from the decade already in the DMA. It makes a strong bridge between Portrait of David William, 1932, and Sharecropper, 1937, but interestingly seems to share more psychologically with the latter than the former. Although Bywaters was a young art professional like David Williams, he cast his own image in the same severe, frontal, unflinching, and timeless terms as he did the sharecropper's. Bywaters wrote about these paintings that they were painted in "the style of Flemish or early Italian painters—hard-edged, sober, with strong modelling but without much color interest. It was a time of concentrating on observing character, whether in people or things, as if I were really looking intensely for the first time ever."
Related Object: 1989.172 Jerry Bywaters, Self-Portrait
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Dallas (Texas/United States): TGN: 7013503
Process/materials
Oil on Masonite
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1990: the Estate of Jerry Bywaters
From 1990: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan E. Boeckman in honor of Mrs. Eugene McDermott [1]
[1] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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