Near San Antonio
Artist:
Julian Onderdonk
(American, 1882 - 1922)
Date: ca. 1918
Place made:Texas, United States
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 3/4 × 41 in. (78.1 × 104.1 cm)
Framed: 37 1/2 × 47 1/2 × 3 in. (95.3 × 120.7 × 7.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. I.L. Ellwood
Object number: 84.103
Signed: Signed lower left: Julian Onderdonk
Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Ellwood
Label Text
The bluebonnet, state flower of Texas, inspired San Antonian Julian Onderdonk, who explored the changing effects of atmosphere, weather, and light through studying fields of this wildflower, which blooms briefly in springtime. One of Early Texas’s most beloved artists, Julian was trained by his father, Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, as well as by William Merritt Chase, the legendary American Impressionist. Both during his brief lifetime and continuing to the present day, Onderdonk inspired a host of other artists to emulate his explorations of the hill country and the South Texas landscape.
(William Keyse Rudolph, 2014)
(William Keyse Rudolph, 2014)
On view
In Collection(s)
The San Antonio Museum of Art is in the process of digitizing its permanent collection. This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect SAMA's complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
This resource has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.
