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Bluebonnets and Beyond: Julian Onderdonk, American Impressionist |
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December 18, 2008 - January 11, 2009  For a limited time view one of three San Antonio paintings chosen for display in the White House during the George W. Bush administration.
Representing South Texas, Julian Onderdonk's famous Chili Queens at the Alamo has adorned a wall of the Oval Office for the past eight years. Now on view in Bluebonnets & Beyond: Julian Onderdonk, American Impressionist. Featuring 93 paintings from this Texas-born artist, Bluebonnets and Beyond celebrates the work of a great landscape artist and a native Texas son. Using plein air technique—the art of drawing outdoors—Onderdonk's paintings contain visible brush strokes, natural light and open compositions and settings to depict his own experiences and perceptions of the world around him. Onderdonk's style uses color and contrast to depict the specific time of day which was being captured in his paintings.The Art of the Onderdonks, exclusive to the Witte and complementing Bluebonnets and Beyond, features 40 works by his father Robert Onderdonk and his sister Eleanor Onderdonk including paintings, sketches and photographs. Another Witte Museum exclusive to this exhibit is Julian Onderdonk's actual painting studio, located on the grounds of the Witte Museum. Visitors will be able to see where Julian Onderdonk's work took place. This studio, originally located behind the Onderdonk family home on West French Place in San Antonio, was generously donated to the Witte Museum by the Onderdonk family. Also included in this exhibit is a Gallery Theatre, a dramatic performance in which Eleanor Onderdonk comes to life and speaks about the role her family played in the arts both locally and nationally, and about her time spent as the Witte's first curator of art. Many of the pieces shown are from the Witte Collection and will be displayed in an auxilliary exhibition titled The Onderdonks: A Legacy of Texas Art, which will feature works by Robert and Eleanor Onderdonk , in addition to other Julian Onderdonk works. Bluebonnets and Beyond: Julian Onderdonk, American Impressionist is generously supported by the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs. Photo Gallery
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