By Caroline Jones, Reference Archivist

Selection of titles on the subject of Western art available in the Texas State Library and Archives collections. The display is currently on view in the Reference Reading Room.
Our newest featured collection is now on display in the Reference Reading Room. “Western Artists: Texas Landscapes and Beyond” features the works of Tom Lea, Frank Reaugh, Charles M. Russell, and many other Southwestern artists who captured the sights of the Wild West. Browse through tranquil images of longhorns in their pastures and bluebonnets in bloom. Study the images of Native American hunters and horse- wrangling cowboys. Whichever book you choose, you’ll be sure to enjoy this sampling of artistic publications from our collections.

John Canfield Ewers’ “Plains Indian Painting,” Stanford University Press, 1939.
To search for these books and more, check out our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog. You may search for subjects like “Texas in art” or “West (U.S.) –In art” or for the names of specific artists. If you are interested in a title on our Featured Collection shelf, please visit the Reference Desk in room 109. Below is the complete list of titles you’ll find on our Featured Collection shelf for June and July. Download the list of the featured collection. .
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
CALL NUMBER |
COLLECTION |
The Art of Tom Lea |
Lea, Tom |
700.924 AR75 OVER-L |
MAIN |
The West of the imagination |
Goetzmann, William H. |
700.978 G555w |
MAIN |
Plains Indian painting : a description of an aboriginal American art |
Ewers, John C. (John Canfield) |
759.011 EW38 |
MAIN |
Painting in Texas : the nineteenth century |
Pinckney, Pauline A. |
759.1 P651 OVER-T |
MAIN |
Gallery of Western Paintings |
Carlson, Raymond |
759.13 C197 OVER-T |
MAIN |
H.W. Caylor, frontier artist |
Caylor, H. W. (Harvey Wallace) |
759.13 C318H OVER-L |
MAIN |
Bluebonnets and cactus; an album of southwestern paintings |
Salinas, Porfirio |
759.164 SA33 |
MAIN |
Artists who painted Texas |
Von Rosenberg, Marjorie |
759.164 V897A |
MAIN |
Artists of the Old West |
Ewers, John C. (John Canfield) |
759.18 EW38 |
MAIN |
Frank Reaugh, painter to the longhorns |
Reaugh, Frank |
920.71 R236F OVER-L |
MAIN |
The Charles M. Russell book; the life and work of the cowboy artist |
McCracken, Harold |
927.5 R912m OVER-T |
MAIN |
Hecho en Tejas : Texas-Mexican folk arts and crafts |
Graham, Joe Stanley |
Z N745.7 T312f NO.50 |
TXD |
Walls that speak : the murals of John Thomas Biggers |
Theisen, Ollie Jensen |
Z N745.8 T341wa |
TXD |
Of Texas rivers & Texas art |
Sansom, Andrew |
Z TA475.8 SA58of |
TXD |
Art of West Texas women : a celebration |
Hopper, Kippra D. |
Z TT422.8 H778AR |
TXD |
Thomas Moran : watercolors of the American West : text and catalogue raisonné |
Clark, Carol |
Z UA380.8 T365 |
TXD |
Windows on the West : the art of Frank Reaugh |
Mears, Peter |
Z UA380.8 W724we |
TXD |
Treasured landscapes : National Park Service art collections tell America’s stories |
National Center for Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships (U.S.) |
I 29.2: AR 7/5 |
USD |
An Eye for History: The Paintings of William Henry Jackson |
Knudsen, Dean |
I 29.2: P 16 |
USD |
Picturing America |
Hindley, Meredith |
NF 3.2: AM 3/8 |
USD |
American Art in the Making: Preparatory Studies for Masterpieces of American Painting, 1800-1900 |
Sellin, David |
SI 1.2: Am 1/3/800-900 |
USD |
Cast and recast : the sculpture of Frederic Remington |
Shapiro, Michael Edward |
SI 6.2: R 28 |
USD |