GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Charles Bowling employs sharp realism and a subtle color palette of warm and cool shades to gloss this representation of a roughhewn Texas farmstead with a refined sense of the surreal. When combined with the tight structure of the composition and the absence of activity (real or implied), the vignette takes on the aspect of a setting that has been hermetically sealed in time and space. This overall characteristic has led to his rural landscapes being viewed as “regional still lifes.” Born in Quitman, Texas, Bowling came to Dallas in 1900 following the death of his father. First exposed to artistic practice through work as a sign painter and draftsman, he eventually studied, in turn, with Olin Travis, Frank Klepper, and Alexandre Hogue.
Excerpt from
Sue Canterbury, DMA label text, 2013
NOTES
Created in 1938
Lone Star Regionalism, The Dallas Nine and Their Circle. (Exhibition Catalogue, Dallas Museum of Art, 1986).
Former Title: Mason County, Texas Landscape
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Bowling, Charles T. (American, 1891-1985)
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Depicted location: Mason (county/Texas/United States): TGN: 2002037
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Egg tempera on composition board
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From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Eleanor and C. Thomas May, Jr.
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General Description
Charles Bowling employs sharp realism and a subtle color palette of warm and cool shades to gloss this representation of a roughhewn Texas farmstead with a refined sense of the surreal. When combined with the tight structure of the composition and the absence of activity (real or implied), the vignette takes on the aspect of a setting that has been hermetically sealed in time and space. This overall characteristic has led to his rural landscapes being viewed as “regional still lifes.” Born in Quitman, Texas, Bowling came to Dallas in 1900 following the death of his father. First exposed to artistic practice through work as a sign painter and draftsman, he eventually studied, in turn, with Olin Travis, Frank Klepper, and Alexandre Hogue.
Excerpt from
Sue Canterbury, DMA label text, 2013
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
Created in 1938
Lone Star Regionalism, The Dallas Nine and Their Circle. (Exhibition Catalogue, Dallas Museum of Art, 1986).
Former Title: Mason County, Texas Landscape
Object file reviewed
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Bowling, Charles T. (American, 1891-1985)
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location: Mason (county/Texas/United States): TGN: 2002037
Process/materials
Egg tempera on composition board
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Eleanor and C. Thomas May, Jr.
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