Texas Cowboy
- MAKER:
Artist
Bertha M. Landers ( American, 1911 - 1996 )
- DATE:
- 1935-1940
General Description
Bertha Landers deftly creates a graphic portrait of one of the iconic images of the Lone Star State, the Texas cowboy, here squinting his eyes against the harsh sun while smoking a handrolled cigarette. A skilled printmaker as well as a painter, Landers was born in Winnsboro and studied at Sul Ross State University in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and the Art Students League in New York. She was a founding member of Texas Printmakers.
Excerpt from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2008.
Fun Facts
- Bertha Landers founded the audiovisual department at the Dallas Public Library in 1942.