Rounded Up in Glory: Frank Reaugh, Texas Renaissance Man - Hardcover

Grauer, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574416332 ISBN 13: 9781574416336

Publisher: University of North Texas Press,U.S., 2016

Synopsis

Frank Reaugh (1860–1945; pronounced “Ray”) was called “theDean of Texas artists” for good reason. His pastels documentedthe wide-open spaces of the West as they were vanishing in thelate nineteenth century, and his plein air techniques influencedgenerations of artists. His students include a “Who’s Who” oftwentieth-century Texas painters: Alexandre Hogue, ReveauBassett, and Lucretia Coke, among others. He was an advocate ofpainting by observation, and encouraged his students to do thesame by organizing legendary sketch trips to West Texas. Reaughalso earned the title of Renaissance man by inventing a portableeasel that allowed him to paint in high winds, and developing aformula for pastels, which he marketed. A founder of the DallasArt Society, which became the Dallas Museum of Art, Reaugh wascentral to Dallas and Oak Cliff artistic circles for many years untilinfighting and politics drove him out of fashion. He died isolatedand poor in 1945.

The last decade has seen a resurgence of interest in Reaugh,through gallery shows, exhibitions, and a recent documentary.Despite his importance and this growing public profile, however,Rounded Up in Glory would be the first full-length biography. Michael Grauer argues for Reaugh’s importance as more than just a “longhorn painter.” Reaugh’s works and far-reaching imagination earned him a prominent place in the Texas art pantheon.

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About the Author

Michael Grauer is the associate director for curatorial affairs/curator of art of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas, USA which holds the largest public collection of Reaugh’s works. His articles on Reaugh have appeared in the American Art Review,The Pastel Journal, and Windows on the West: The Art of Frank Reaugh.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of North Texas Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574416332
• ISBN 13: 9781574416336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480