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Tracing the Depression Through Texas Art

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Nearly 100 years ago, a short-lived artistic movement known as regionalism was getting started. Back then, the country was in the middle of unprecedented economic hard times known as the Great Depression. Many were jobless and desperate and professional artists struggled to make a living and sell their work. No one was buying. The federal […]

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The Hogs that Ran the French Out of Texas

Behind the Painting / Matulart

Independent . . . self-reliant . . . going it alone.  Alot of Texans love to describe this state that way.  But in the 1840s, Texas needed all the friends she could get and that included France.  Texans had broken away from Mexico and formed their own country.  The new country was flat broke, short

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