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Artist |
Landers, Bertha |
Caption |
Old Man |
Collection |
TMA |
Credit Line |
Gift of Judy and Stephen Alton in memory of Andrea Leigh Tomlinson |
Date |
c. 1932 |
Description |
Lithograph on paper, ed. 22/25 Black and white print of a portrait of an old man with extreme contrast and shading. Bertha Landers (1911-1996) is remembered as a painter and etcher and for her work at the Dallas Public Library. Landers worked for the Dallas Public Library where she established the audiovisual department in 1942. While based in Dallas, Landers was also active in California from the 1930s and later settled there. In 1956 she founded the Landers Film and Video Reviews, Escondido, California. Landers was a member of the Dallas Art Association; Dallas Artists League; Dallas Print Society; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Southern Printmakers; Southern States Art league; Texas Fine Arts Association, and the Texas Printmakers. Exhibitions included the Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas; Women Artists of Dallas County, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Annual Allied Arts Exhibition, Dallas; National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.; Oakland Art Gallery; Laguna Beach Art Association; National Academy of Design, New York; Annual Texas Artists Circuit Exhibition; Southern States Art League Annual Exhibition; Women Artists of Texas 1850-1950 and the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas. |
Dimensions |
H-9.75 W-7.25 inches |
Medium |
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Material |
Paper/Ink |
Catalog Number |
2008.06 |
Title |
Old Man |