G. Harvey. Untitled. [Texas landscape with bluebonnets, live oak tree, primitive road, with State Capital building in background.]
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 38 works of art, along with one text document related to the artwork.
Beard donated sixteen oil paintings. Texas artists Ulrich W. Fisher, Joseph Lane, Gerald Harvey Jones (G. Harvey), Renne Hughes, and Porfirio Salinas are represented in the collection, as well as paintings by Earl G. Hammock (Arizona), Robert Wesley Amick (Connecticut/Colorado), Oscar Edmund Berninghas (New Mexico/Missouri/Kansas), Ross Stefan (Arizona), Harry Worthman (New York), Leonard Howard Reedy (Illinois), Mike Carroll (unknown), and William Herbert Dunton (Main/New Mexico). Many of the paintings are Texas landscapes and scenes related to the old West.
Beard also selected twenty engravings produced by Star Engraving Company of Houston, Texas. Nine of these engravings were created by artist Bernhardt Wall.
Dates
- early 20th century
Creator
- From the Collection: Beard, Roy J. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Researchers are encouraged to use digital surrogates. In-person research with original artwork(s) must be approved/scheduled by the University Archivist.
Biographical / Historical
G. HARVEY (GERALD HARVEY JONES) (1933-2017, TEXAS)
G. Harvey, born Gerald Harvey Jones, was an American traditionalist artist whose career spanned five decades with a wide range of collectors, from Lyndon B. Johnson, to Margaret Thatcher and Texas Governor John Connally. Harvey's paintings and sculptures have been collected and showcased throughout the world, including The White House and the Embassy of the United States, Moscow.
Source: Wikipedia contributors, "Gerald Harvey Jones," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald_Harvey_Jones&oldid=1087724526 (accessed June 20, 2022).
For more information about Jones, see: Barnes, Michael, "Texas artist Gerald Harvey Jones painted Americana," Austin American-Statesman, https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2017/12/04/texas-artist-gerald-harvey-jones-painted-americana/10003542007/ (accessed June 20, 2022).
Extent
From the Collection: 39 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated July 21, 1964. This painting was given in memory of Mrs. J.G. Flowers, who died the week prior to the donation.
Physical Description
Framed oil painting on canvas
Dimensions
24" x 36"
General
G. Harvey [Jones] (1933-2017)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Alkek Library Room 204
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
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