{"product_id":"rounded-up-in-glory-frank-reaugh-texas-renaissance-man-9781574416336","title":"Rounded Up in Glory: Frank Reaugh  Texas Renaissance Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank Reaugh (18601945; pronounced Ray) was called the Dean of Texas artists for good reason. His pastels documented the wide-open spaces of the West as they were vanishing in the late nineteenth century  and his plein air techniques influenced generations of artists. His students include a Whos Who of twentieth-century Texas painters: Alexandre Hogue  Reveau Bassett  and Lucretia Coke  among others. He was an advocate of painting by observation  and encouraged his students to do the same by organizing legendary sketch trips to West Texas. Reaugh also earned the title of Renaissance man by inventing a portable easel that allowed him to paint in high winds  and developing a formula for pastels  which he marketed. A founder of the Dallas Art Society  which became the Dallas Museum of Art  Reaugh was central to Dallas and Oak Cliff artistic circles for many years until infighting and politics drove him out of fashion. He died isolated and poor in 1945. The last decade has seen a resurgence of interest in Reaugh  through gallery shows  exhibitions  and a recent documentary. Despite his importance and this growing public profile  however  Rounded Up in Glory is the first full-length biography. Michael Grauer argues for Reaughs importance as more than just a longhorn painter. Reaughs works and far-reaching imagination earned him a prominent place in the Texas art pantheon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960461189173,"sku":"ByrdShop_1574416332","price":37.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781574416336.jpg?v=1788287937","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/rounded-up-in-glory-frank-reaugh-texas-renaissance-man-9781574416336","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}