Olin Travis (American, 1888-1975). Another Big Willow Near White Rock Lake. Oil on board. 16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm...

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Olin Travis (American, 1888-1975)
Another Big Willow Near White Rock Lake
Oil on board
16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
Signed lower right: Olin Travis
Signed and titled on the reverse: Another Big / Willow / Near White Rock / Lake / by / Olin Travis

Property from the Estate of Olin Travis and Josephine Oliver

Travis painted in Arkansas, Colorado, Mexico, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, and Texas. He accompanied Frank Reaugh and other students on a trip to Palo Duro Canyon in 1934. Travis's plein-air paintings done on 12 x 16 in. canvas boards in these locales show to great advantage his ability to capture nature. Living near White Rock Lake (71006 and 71007) in Dallas provided ample opportunity for Travis's landscape paintings.

The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum at Canyon, Texas, organized a retrospective, "Olin Travis: Texas Master," in 1995. In 2009, the McKinney Avenue Contemporary as part of its decade-long celebration of early Texas artists, organized "Olin Travis: People, Places and Visions." As teacher, muralist, and painter, Olin Travis holds a high place in the pantheon of Texas art. Through his own works and through that of his students, he deserves to be called a Texas master.

-Olin Travis and Josephine Oliver: Texas Masters by Michael R. Grauer


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