The work of six prominent Texas artists show a vast array of art styles – from portraiture to sculptures to landscapes populated with longhorns and cattle grazing and vast open fields of bluebonnets. The concentration of work by Frank Reaugh, Tom Lea, Jose Arpa y Perea, Elisabet Ney and Robert Jenkins Onderdonk and his son Julian cover a variety of mediums – pastels, oils, clay, watercolors and pen-and-ink illustrations. A glimpse into the life of artist Reaugh documents his work, his studio and itineraries for drawing trips with his students, whose work is also exhibited. Additionally, displayed is artwork by an assortment of other prominent Texas artists depicting scenes, landscapes, rivers and forts, as well as indigenous people and themes of the American West.
