Hiram Powers (1805-1873)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Hiram Powers was born in Woodstock, Vermont in 1805 and grew up in Ohio. With virtually no formal training, he began his career as a sculptor modelling figures for a Cincinnati wax museum.
Franz Kline (1910-1962)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
American abstract expressionist painter Franz Kline was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA in 1910. From 1931 to 1935, he studied painting at Boston University, and 1935 he traveled to London where he studied at Heatherley's School. In 1938 he settled permanently in New York, where he worked briefly with a scenic designer in 1940. Originally a figurative painter, Franz Kline turned to abstraction in 1949.
Anne Whitney (1821-1915)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
One of the most successful women artists working in the United States during the 19th century, Anne Whitney was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, to a wealthy, liberal family.
Fred Darge (1900-1978)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in Hamburg, Germany, Fred Darge immigrated to the United States in 1923 and trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York. After attending school in Chicago, he worked in commercial illustration until the onset of the Great Depression.
Octavio Medellín (1907-1999)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The son of an Otomi Indian mine worker, Octavio Medellín was born in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Throughout his boyhood, Mexico was suffering from the upheavals of revolution, and his family moved on several occasions. At one point his father was imprisoned by the general of the local revolutionary force but was eventually released when fighting waned. At age eleven, Medellín was able to enter sc
William Lewis Lester (1910-1991)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in Graham, Texas on August 20, 1910, William Lewis Lester came to Dallas in 1924. After graduating from high school in 1929, Lester studied art with Alexandre Hogue at his summer camp at Glen Rose, Texas, and with Thomas Stell at the Dallas Art Institute.
Florence Elliot White McClung (1894-1992)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in St.
Robert Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Robert Julian Onderdonk, born in San Antonio in 1882, was the son of painter Robert Jenkins Onderdonk. He grew up in San Antonio and from an early age showed an interest in drawing and painting. His early art training was with his father, followed in 1901 with studies at the Art Students League in New York City.
Otis Marion Dozier (1904–1987)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in Forney, Texas, Otis Dozier was raised on a farm in cotton country. In 1921
Alexandre Hogue (1898-1994)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in Memphis, Missouri, Alexandre Hogue became a Texan when he