| Art for History's Sake
August 16 - November 30, 2008
Piper Memorial Wing
from the Witte collection
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Crockett Street Looking West, San Antonio de Bexar, 1857
Hermann Lungkwitz
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
Witte Museum Collection, purchased with Hearst Foundation Funds |
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Chili Queens at the Alamo
Julian Onderdonk
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
Witte Museum Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Lena and Albert Hirschfeld Endowment |
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Ox Cart Returning from Town, 1887
Theodore Gentilz
Oil on canvas
Witte Museum Collection, purchased with Witte Picture Fund |
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The Terry Rangers, ca. 1862
Carl G. von Iwonski
Oil on canvas
Gift of Ernest Muezenberger |
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This exhibit is included free with museum admission.
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| Morning Glory by Mary Motz Wills |
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In the Introduction to the book Art for History's Sake: The Texas Collection of the Witte Museum, William Goetzmann writes, "Few collections illustrate images of ethnicity, common people, religious diversity, class structure, and female achievement like the Witte collection." While not composed exclusively of historical images, the exhibit will chronicle San Antonio and Texas history through its scenes and changing styles. |
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Leyendecker's Farm-Haus bei Fredericksburg by Louis Hoppe |
Street Scene in San Antonio by Boyer Gonzales
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St. Mary's College by Theodore Gentilz |
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Theater at the Old Casino Club in San Antonio by Carl G. Iwonski |
Bush Morning Glory, 1935-1955
Mary Motz Wills
Watercolor on paper
Witte Museum Collection
Joh: Leyendecker's Farm-haus Bei Frelsburg, 1860s
Louis Hoppe
Watercolor on paper
Witte Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Laura Leyendecker & Emil J. Brune.
Street Scene in San Antonio, 1938
Boyer Gonzalez
Oil on canvas
Witte Museum Collection, Gift of Eric Steinfeldt
St. Mary's College, 1882
Jean Louis Theodore Gentilz
Watercolor on paper
Witte Museum Collection, Purchased with Witte Picture Funds
Theatre at the Old Casino Club, San Antonio, Texas, ca. 1858
Carl G. Von Iwonski
Oil on canvas
Witte Museum Collection, Gift of H. Stirling Watlington in memory of Bertha Griesenbeck
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Curated by Kate Sheerin and Bruce Shackelford.
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