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Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas (Women in Texas History Series, sponsored by the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation)

Light Townsend Cummins

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Description:At Fair Park in Dallas, a sculpture of a Native American figure, bronze with gilded gold leaf, strains a bow before sending an arrow into flight. Tejas Warrior has welcomed thousands of visitors since the Texas Centennial Exposition opened in the 1930s. The iconic piece is instantly recognizable, yet few people know about its creator: Allie Victoria Tennant, one of a notable group of Texas artists who actively advanced regionalist art in the decades before World War II. Light Townsend Cummins follows Tennant’s public career from the 1920s to the 1960s, both as an artist and as a culture-bearer, as she advanced cultural endeavors, including the arts. A true pathfinder, she helped to create and nurture art institutions that still exist today, most especially the Dallas Museum of Art, on whose board of trustees she sat for almost thirty years. Tennant also worked on behalf of other civic institutions, including the public schools, art academies, and the State Fair of Texas, where she helped create the Women’s Building. Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas sheds new light on an often overlooked artist.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas (Women in Texas History Series, sponsored by the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation). To get started finding Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas (Women in Texas History Series, sponsored by the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: At Fair Park in Dallas, a sculpture of a Native American figure, bronze with gilded gold leaf, strains a bow before sending an arrow into flight. Tejas Warrior has welcomed thousands of visitors since the Texas Centennial Exposition opened in the 1930s. The iconic piece is instantly recognizable, yet few people know about its creator: Allie Victoria Tennant, one of a notable group of Texas artists who actively advanced regionalist art in the decades before World War II. Light Townsend Cummins follows Tennant’s public career from the 1920s to the 1960s, both as an artist and as a culture-bearer, as she advanced cultural endeavors, including the arts. A true pathfinder, she helped to create and nurture art institutions that still exist today, most especially the Dallas Museum of Art, on whose board of trustees she sat for almost thirty years. Tennant also worked on behalf of other civic institutions, including the public schools, art academies, and the State Fair of Texas, where she helped create the Women’s Building. Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas sheds new light on an often overlooked artist.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas (Women in Texas History Series, sponsored by the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation). To get started finding Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas (Women in Texas History Series, sponsored by the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas (Women in Texas History Series, sponsored by the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation)

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