Dictionary of Texas artists, 1800-1945

the long version

"The first comprehensive listing of Texas artists in more than sixty years, the Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945 highlights more than 2500 artists who have lived, worked, and exhibited in Texas.". "Drawing on archival documents, press releases, periodicals, and exhibition brochures in all known collections and archives, Paula L. Grauer and Michael R. Grauer provide as much information as possible on the artists' birth and death dates and places, primary cities of residence, art education, professional credentials, and exhibition records.". "Following the alphabetical lists of artists, tables for each of the major exhibitions and competitions in Texas in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centures crossreference the artists who participated in those exhibitions."--BOOK JACKET.