Earl G. Hammock. "Blue Lupine." [Landscape with blue flowered field, pine trees, snow-covered mountain.]

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

EARL G. HAMMOCK (1896-1974, ARIZONA)

A painter in realist style of Southwest Indian motif still life, portraits, genre, and pueblos, and also of mountain and desert landscapes, Earl Hammock was born at Sunset, Knox County, Texas in 1896, and died on January 30, 1974 in Sun City, Arizona.

Source: "Earl Garland Hammock," askART, https://www.askart.com/artist/Earl_Garland_Hammock/8311/Earl_Garland_Hammock.aspx (accessed June 20, 2022).

Extent

From the Collection: 39 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Flower and mountain scene. Donated July 21, 1964.

Physical Description

Framed oil painting on masonite. Matted and framed under glass. Written on back of painting: Blue Lupine. North of Crested Butte, Pyramid Peak and Augusta Mountain.