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New Acquisitions,
Old Friends

Celebrating the Witte Museum’s Renowned Texas Art Collection

September 10 through February 19

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Awe-inspiring recent acquisitions and familiar ‘friends’ are brought together in this special exhibition! Opening for public viewing September 10, this remarkable exhibition of Texas Art is organized by Cecilia Steinfeldt, our esteemed Curator Emeritus and an accomplished cultural icon whose devotion to Texas art and history helped shape the field. Join us for this salute to a great Texan and a proud display of Texas treasures from our collection.

 

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Market Plaza, 1879
Thomas Allen
Oil on canvas
Witte Museum Collection
(Purchased by the museum in 1936)

President's Dinner

 

 

 

 

Cecilia Steinfeldt

 

On the Trail, n.d.
Theodore Gentilz
Oil on canvas

Witte Museum Collection
(Purchased by the museum in 1937)

Untitled landscape, n.d.
Julian Onderdonk
Oil on canvas

Gift of a friend
(Given anonymously in 2003 )

Portrait of Adeline Wueste
Louise Wueste
Oil on canvas

Gift of Mrs. John A. Pruessner
(Given to the museum in 2005, the Pruessner’s are descendants of Louise Wueste)

Street Scene in San Antonio, 1927
Xavier Gonzalez
Oil on canvas

Witte Museum Collection
(Purchased by the museum in 1990)

Terry Rangers, ca. 1862
Carl G. von Iwonski
Oil on canvas

Gift of Ernst Muenzenberger
(Given to the museum in 1931)

Theater at Old Casino Club, ca. 1858
Carl G. von Iwonski
Oil on canvas

Gift of H. Sterling Watlington in memory of Bertha Griesenbeck
(Given to the museum in 1991)


President’s Dinner Thursday, September 8

The annual President’s Dinner honors all Quillin Society members and other major donors who have supported exhibits and programs over the last year. This elegant black-tie cocktail reception and seated dinner celebrated the premeire opening of the New Acquisitions, Old Friends exhibit.

Guests greet Cecilia.

Kathleen and Curtis Gunn

Rita & John Feik, (l-r) are thanked by Witte President Marise McDermott and Board Chairman Ty Greisenbeck for sponsoring the President's Dinner.

Mamie Carter, center, also is thanked for sponsoring the President's Dinner. She is shown here with fellow Trustee, Martha Landman, and Nancy Hunt, the Witte's Development Director.

Larry Walker (center), publisher of the Express-News newspaper, visits with Senator Jeff Wentworth and former City Councilwoman Linda Billa Burke.

Col. Wm. Tredici, visiting with Dr. Mary Hastings Arno (who helped fund the exhibit) and her daughter, Elizabeth Arno.

 

 


 

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