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The Story of the Rockport-Fulton Art Colony: How a Coastal Texas Town Became an Art Enclave

The Story of the Rockport-Fulton Art Colony: How a Coastal Texas Town Became an Art Enclave

Betz, Kay Kronke
Merchant, Vickie Moon
Harrist, Robert E., Jr.

Hardcover

Art HistoryAmerican Art - GeneralGeneral Art

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ISBN10: 1623499488
ISBN13: 9781623499488
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: Apr 15 2022
Pages: 232
Weight: 2.60
Height: 0.90 Width: 9.40 Depth: 10.30
Language: English
When Coastal Living Magazine listed Rockport, Texas, among its Top 10 Coastal Artists' Colonies with more well-known art communities such as Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and Monhegan Island, Maine, many art lovers may have been surprised. But Rockport's inclusion represented an emerging Texas Gulf Coast aesthetic and regional school of landscape art that many art historians and collectors had discovered. The area's unique ecosystem, abundance of wildlife and quaint architecture of bait stands and fish houses became a haven for creativity and individuality, beginning in the late forties.

Over the years, it became home to influential artists, including the colony founder, Simon Michael, his most famous student, Dalhart Windberg, Jack Cowan, Al Barnes, Herb Booth, and Jesus Moroles. Other prominent artists also came for inspiration, including Buck Schiwetz, Harold Phenix, and Kent Ullberg. Many of the artists were active in early environmental organizations like the Coastal Conservation Association and Ducks Unlimited, working to protect the special habitats. And Steve Russell, a Rockport native, became the legendary mentor and quintessential artist of the colony, inspiring generations of newcomers.

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