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BOYER GONZALES, Early Texas Art, o/cb, 1921

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:2,900.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
BOYER GONZALES, Early Texas Art, o/cb, 1921
<B>BOYER GONZALES, SR. (1864-1934)</B></I><BR><I>Between Showers Morningside</B></I>, 1921<BR>Oil on canvasboard<BR>8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm)<BR>Signed lower right<BR><BR> Boyer Gonzales, Sr. was an early and important Texas Impressionist. He was born in Houston and raised in Galveston, where his father was a cotton broker. In a twist of fate, Winslow Homer's brother was also a cotton broker. The two met and arrangements were made for Gonzales to paint in Prouts Neck, Maine, with Homer. A great friendship ensued and Boyer spent nine total summers painting with him.<BR><BR>Gonzales was one of the first Texas artists to have an extensive exhibition record in important national museums before 1930. Only a handful of Texas artists had achieved an exhibition record outside the state before the 1920s as Gonzales had.<BR><BR>Exhibited in New York City at the Salmagundi Club in the 1921 Thumb Box Exhibition, <I>Between Showers Morningside,</B></I> is a skilled impressionist rendering of a damp and drizzly day. The painting was given as a wedding present to the current owner's parents.<BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>Betty Roup (wedding present)<BR>By descent to Greta McAndrews<BR><BR>Exhibited:<BR>Salmagundi Club, Thumb Box Exhibition, 1921<BR><BR> <B>Condition Report:</B> Excellent condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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