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Richard Wray (December 5, 1933 - January 9, 2011 [1]) was an American abstract expressionist painter whose work had an influence on the art scene in Houston, Texas. [1] [2] [3] After an art career spanning over 50 years, he died at age 77 of liver disease.
Business State Highway 6-R (Bus. SH 6-R, formerly Loop 507) is a business loop that runs through the cities of Bryan and College Station. The highway is known locally as Texas Avenue in both cities and runs along the eastern boundary of Texas A&M University in College Station. The route was created in 1990 with the re-designation of Loop 507 ...
In 1987 philanthropists Dominique and John de Menil opened their vast art collection, which includes pieces by René Magritte, Henri Matisse, and Mark Rothko, with a museum designed by Renzo Piano.
Brownie (1905), Houston Zoo; Bygones (1976), Menil Collection; Cancer, There Is Hope (1990) Charlotte Allen Fountain; Charmstone, Menil Collection; Cloud Column (2006), Glassell School of Art; George H. W. Bush Monument; Inversion; Isolated Mass/Circumflex (Number 2) Lillian Schnitzer Fountain (1875), Hermann Park; Monument au Fantôme ...
Jack Boynton was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1928. He graduated from Lamar High School in 1945, received Bachelor of Fine Arts (1949) and Master of Fine Arts (1955). [1] He worked as an instructor at University of Houston from 1955–57, San Francisco Art Institute from 1960–62, and as a professor at University of St. Thomas (Texas) from 1969-1985.
Project Row Houses is a development in the Third Ward area of Houston, Texas. Project Row Houses includes a group of shotgun houses restored in the 1990s. [2] Eight houses serve as studios for visiting artists. [3] Those houses are art studios for art related to African-American themes. A row behind the art studio houses single mothers. [2]
Palmer began his art career in 1998 [14] and his work has since appeared in a variety of publications, galleries, and special collections. [10] His work is featured in the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, the Jung Center, the John Ross Palmer Fine Art Gallery, and his murals are displayed in Tony Vallone's restaurants in Houston. [15]
Jesse Lott was born in Simmesport, Louisiana, in 1943. [2] He was African American.During the 1950s, his family relocated to Texas, eventually settling in Houston's Fifth Ward.