Ted Muehling (b. 1953)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Ted Muehling graduated with a degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute, where he was mentored by Gerald Gulotta (who had been a finalist in the international competition for flatware and whose submission was exhibited in the associated Designed for Silver exhibition in 1960). Muehling, neverthless, found his métier in jewelry design, although he did acknowledge Gulotta's influence on his work.
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Dallas is home to one of the most comprehensive collections of the work of renowned German artist Gerhard Richter.
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in 1887 near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, Georgia O’Keeffe began drawing lessons at ten. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1905 to 1906 and the Art Students League in New York with William Merritt Chase from 1907 to 1908.
Dallas Nine
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
From 1928 to 1948, the art-life of Texas was dominated by the activities and accomplishments of a group of younger artists, collectively known as "The Nine," whose work fell within the broader 1930s stylistic category of Regionalism.
N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In 1902, a twenty-year-old N.C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth traveled from his parents' home in Needham, Massachusetts to the Brandywine Valley, finding in that rural region of Pennsylvania and northern Delaware a countryside much like the one in which he had grown up and loved.
Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in Holland in 1872 and schooled in the study of classical art so that he could become a drawing teacher, Piet Mondrian eventually developed into the most abstract of all the abstractionists. In his earliest wo
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Andrew Wyeth was the youngest son of N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), a prominent illustrator and painter who encouraged his son's interest in art and stressed a foundation in academic drawing. Andrew Wyeth's siblings also achieved prominence in their chosen fields: his two oldest sisters both had successful careers as painters, another became a composer and his brother was an engineer and inventor. Andrew Wyeth's son Jamie (b.
Allie Tennant (1892-1971)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in St. Louis, Allie Victoria Tennant moved to Texas as a small child and attended school in Dallas. Her father, Thomas R. Tennant, was a painter by avocation and a charter member of the New Orleans Art Association.
Sanseisha Company
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Sanseisha Company was likely created in 1875 by Oshima Joun (1857-1940) in Tokyo. An inscription of the sculpture Takenouchi no Sukune Meets the Dragon King of the Sea indicates that Oshima and two assistants labored for two years to create the piece, which would ultimately be displayed in 1881 at the Second Domestic Industrial Exhibition in Tokyo [1993.86.11.FA].
Gerald Murphy (1888-1964)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Gerald Murphy was born in 1888 in Boston. His father was the owner of the Mark Cross company—a successful luxury goods store—and he tried, unsuccessfully, to interest Gerald in the family business.