Artists & Designers
Texas Printmakers
In 1940, eight women formed the Printmakers Guild when one of them, Bertha Landers, was denied entry to the Lone Star Printmakers, an all-male organization. Beginning in 1941 the club held annual exhibitions to showcase their art and offer it for sale. The exhibitions, which were held in Texas and across the United States, granted significant exposure to the group and fostered the success of its members. Renamed the Texas Printmakers in 1952, the organization included numerous artists who became professional artists and taught art in schools and universities. Other than the original eight founding members, the Texas Printmakers welcomed twenty-three additional female artists. In 1961, two male artists, James Scott Darr and Paul Rogers Harris, were invited to join the group. Another nineteen women either had been members for a brief period or had exhibited their work in the club’s annual exhibitions. The Texas Printmakers remained active until 1965.
Founding Members
Lura Ann Taylor Hedrick (Mrs. Loren Hedrick)
Lucile Land Lacy (Mrs. Floyd Lacy)
Stella LaMond
Bertha Landers
Mary Lightfoot
Verda Ligon
Blanche McVeigh
Coreen Mary Spellman
Active Members
Evelyn Lucile Beard
Frances Jane Bishop
Mary Katharine Bradford (Mrs. Ben Wiley Bradford)
Edith Mae Brisac
Grace A. Crockett
Lia Cuilty
Mary Cranfill Curtis (Mrs. William Matsen Curtis)
James Scott Darr
Lorene David
Marie Delleney
Mary Frances Doyle
Constance Forsyth
Ann Cushing Gantz (Mrs. Everett E. Gantz, Jr.)
Paul Rogers Harris
Veronica Helfensteller (Mrs. Haakon Ogle Helfensteller)
Bess Bigham Hubbard (Mrs. Chester A. Hubbard)
Lucille Jeffries
Barbara Lucile Maples
Florence Elliott White McClung (Mrs. Rufus A. McClung)
Hazel Fulton McGraw (Mrs. J. R. McGraw)
Emily Rutland
Janet E. Turner
Elizabeth Harter Walmsley (Mrs. Donald Walmsley)
Camille Cameron Wunsch (Mrs. Raymond Wunsch)
Participants
Bettie Boulet
Jessie Collins (Mrs. John B. Collins)
Richard C. Coones
Andrew (Drew) DeShong, Jr.
Mike Ferguson
Lorita Giles
Janice Hamm
Dorothy J. Krueger
Della Landers
Helen Owens
Daga Ramsey (Mrs. Jack Ramsey)
Enna Faye Rogers
Bill Stegall
Eloise Yantis Stoker
James Stoker
Ruth Tears
Jean Cullum Turner (Mrs. Gene Turner)
Vera Wise
Excerpt from
Alexandra Wellington, DMA unpublished material.