A Centennial Celebration of Art in Lubbock: A One-Hundred Year Celebration
(Exhibition catalog)
2008Taylor, Dawn-Wolf; Aycock, Bonnie
52 pages (color)
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1921 Chihuahua, Mexico - 1989 El Paso, Texas. Known for: Portrait, figure, genre, sculptor, mural.
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel Acosta settled in El Paso, Texas where he became a painter, muralist, sculptor and illustrator. He studied at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Chouinard Art... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel Acosta settled in El Paso, Texas where he became a painter, muralist, sculptor and illustrator. He studied at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was also an apprentice to painter Peter Hurd in 1952 on a mural... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel Acosta settled in El Paso, Texas where he became a painter, muralist, sculptor and illustrator. He studied at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was also an apprentice to painter Peter Hurd in 1952 on a mural project about pioneer Texas, and the mural is located at the West Texas Museum in Lubbock. Working in oil, watercolor, clay, and fresco, Acosta exhibited widely including the Texas Water Color Society, the... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel Acosta settled in El Paso, Texas where he became a painter, muralist, sculptor and illustrator. He studied at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was also an apprentice to painter Peter Hurd in 1952 on a mural project about pioneer Texas, and the mural is located at the West Texas Museum in Lubbock. Working in oil, watercolor, clay, and fresco, Acosta exhibited widely including the Texas Water Color Society, the American Water Color Society, the Chase Gallery in New York and Art USA in Missouri in 1958. Illustrations include a portrait of Cesar Chavez for the cover of "Time Magazine" in 1969. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel Acosta settled in El Paso, Texas where he became a painter, muralist, sculptor and illustrator. He studied at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was also an apprentice to painter Peter Hurd in 1952 on a mural project about pioneer Texas, and the mural is located at the West Texas Museum in Lubbock. Working in oil, watercolor, clay, and fresco, Acosta exhibited widely including the Texas Water Color Society, the American Water Color Society, the Chase Gallery in New York and Art USA in Missouri in 1958. Illustrations include a portrait of Cesar Chavez for the cover of "Time Magazine" in 1969. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"... Read full biography
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A Centennial Celebration of Art in Lubbock: A One-Hundred Year Celebration
2008The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Eyes of Texas: The Bill and Mary Cheek Collection
2001
(Exhibition catalog)Grauer, Michael R and E. Harvey44 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesDictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945
1999Grauer, Paula and Michael R.240 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesThe Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976Samuels, Peggy and Harold549 pagesSelections from the Collection Mr & Mrs Fred T Hogan
1974
(Exhibition catalog)Museum of Texas Tech Univ60 pages (color)Handbook of the Collections Museum of Fine Arts
1974New Mexico, Museum of Fine Art192 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1973
1973Jaques Cattell Press927 pagesHarmsen's Western Americana
1971Harmsen, Dorothy212 pages (color)