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WILLIAM SLAUGHTER, Early Texas Art, o/c

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WILLIAM SLAUGHTER, Early Texas Art, o/c
<B>WILLIAM SLAUGHTER (1923-2003)</B></I><BR>Untitled Bluebonnet Landscape<I>,</B></I> early 1980s<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>24 x 36 inches (61.0 x 91.4 cm)<BR>Signed lower right<BR><BR> William Slaughter was ordained a Lutheran minister after World War II. He was pastor in Lubbock, Mexico, and finally Dallas. While in Dallas he took up painting as a hobby, but success in painting changed his calling. In 1968, he won a first prize in landscape painting and in 1973 he won a first prize in still life painting. This painting from the early 1980s is an excellent example of Slaughter's Texas wildflower paintings.<BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>Pritchard Galleries<BR>Acquired from the above by the present owner<B>Condition Report:</B> Excellent condition. Period frame in 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>)