Prints and Printmakers of Texas

by Tyler, Ron

• ISBN13: 9780876111376
• ISBN10: 0876111371
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-02-01
• Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn

Summary

This eclectic collection pulls together some of the best presentations made at the North American Print Conference held in Austin, Texas. Focusing on the printing arts in Texas, this group of leading scholars and authorities cover a wide range of subjects from early lithography and photography in Texas to today's armadillo posters and T-shirts. The high arts and popular culture alike are treated in this broad overview of prints and printmaking on the Texas frontier and in its urban centers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Ron Tyler
Texas Impressions: Graphic Arts and the Republic of Texas, 1836-1845	1	(20)
Katherine J. Adams
The Beginnings of Lithography in Texas	21	(28)
Ben Huseman
William DeRyee, Carl G. von Iwonski, and Homeography, a Printing Process, 1858-1872	49	(32)
James Patrick McGuire
David Haynes
Immaterial Girls: Prints of Pageantry and Dance, 1900-1936	81	(16)
Cynthia Brandimarte
Jerry Bywaters: A Texan Printmaker	97	(20)
Francine Carraro
The Printmakers Guild and Women Printmakers in Texas, 1939-1965	117	(20)
David Farmer
Dust Bowl Realism: Texas Printmakers and the FSA Photographers of the Depression	137	(18)
Richard Cox
W. D. Smithers: Pictorial Chronicler of the Big Bend Country of Texas	155	(12)
Kenneth B. Ragsdale
The Panoramic Photography of E. O. Goldbeck	167	(10)
Roy Flukinger
The Galveston That Was: Requiem or Inspiration?	177	(36)
Peter H. Brink
Armadillos, Peccadillos, and the Maverick Posterists of Austin, Texas	213	(22)
Nels Jacobson
TexStyle Art: The Evolution of Quality Silkscreened Imagery upon T-Shirts in Austin, 1968-1988	235	(14)
John Henry Fox
From Niepce to Now: Thirty Million Photographs in Texas	249	(10)
Richard Pearce-Moses
About the Authors	259	(4)
Index	263