William Lewis Lester was born in Graham, Texas in 1910. In 1924, he moved to Dallas with his family and attended Bryan Street High School. Lester spent his senior year at Woodrow Wilson High School where he graduated in 1929. By 1931, Lester was already showing his work with other Dallas artists, such as Jerry Bywaters,…Continue Reading Collection spotlight: William Lester artwork and papers
As a curator, I am always amazed at what I come across in the Jerry Bywaters Collection on Art of the Southwest. Upon recently discovering a small brochure entitled “Exhibition by Young Painters” published in 1932 in the archive, I noticed the names of two former SMU students listed among the ‘young painters’ – James…Continue Reading Discovery in the Bywaters’ Archive: 1932 Exhibition by Young Painters
The Jerry Bywaters Special Collections at the Hamon Arts Library is an archival collection of art, documents, and other rare or unique materials largely from the Southwest region. But who is the man for this eponymously-named collection, Jerry Bywaters? Jerry Bywaters (1906 – 1989) filled many roles in the development of the arts in Texas…Continue Reading Who is Jerry Bywaters?
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Cecilia Neuheisel Steinfeldt (1915 – 2013), referred to as the ‘First Lady of Texas Art’ for her work as both an artist and a Texas art historian, was born in Montello, Wisconsin and moved to…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Cecilia Neuheisel Steinfeldt
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Evaline Clarke Sellors was born in Fort Worth, Texas on August 30, 1903. She began taking art classes at age eight with Christina MacLean, artist and former instructor at Fort Worth University, and later enrolled…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Evaline Clarke Sellors
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Mary Beasley Nye was born in 1918 in Texarkana, Texas, but she was brought to Dallas as a young child. A 1933 graduate of Highland Park High School, she attended Southern Methodist University. She later…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Mary Beasley Nye
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Velma Davis Dozier and Esther Webb Houseman met while taking a metalworking class from Thetis Lemon, a talented artist herself, at the College of Industrial Arts (now Texas Woman’s University) in the early 1930s. While…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artists Profile: The Lady Blacksmiths – Velma Davis Dozier & Esther Webb Houseman
Artist featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Janet Turner was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1914. Attending nature camps during the 1920s, she developed an early awareness of the outdoors and the beauty nature had to offer. Turner’s interest in…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Janet Elizabeth Turner
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Barbara Lucile Maples (1912 – 1999) was born in Temple, Texas to Leslie Buford and Lucile Beatrice Hartrick Maples. She graduated from Temple High School in 1929 and continued her studies at Mary-Hardin Baylor College…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Barbara Lucile Maples
Featured in the exhibition Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, on the 2nd floor of Hamon Arts Library. Blanche McVeigh was born in St. Charles, Missouri in 1895 and moved to Fort Worth as a child. She received her art training at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, the Art Institute of…Continue Reading Bywaters Special Collections Artist Profile: Blanche McVeigh