Known for her etchings of Texas cowboys and the only noted early 20th-century woman popularizing Texas subjects, Mary Bonner was born in Bastrop, Louisiana but lived most of her life in San Antonio... Read full biography
Known for her etchings of Texas cowboys and the only noted early 20th-century woman popularizing Texas subjects, Mary Bonner was born in Bastrop, Louisiana but lived most of her life in San Antonio with long periods of time in Paris, France. She learned first hand about Texas cowboys and their... Read full biography
Known for her etchings of Texas cowboys and the only noted early 20th-century woman popularizing Texas subjects, Mary Bonner was born in Bastrop, Louisiana but lived most of her life in San Antonio with long periods of time in Paris, France. She learned first hand about Texas cowboys and their lives, and this inspired her artwork, which brought her much acclaim. She began her formal art training at age sixteen, and her first teacher was Robert Onderdonk. However, she was not totally committed... Read full biography
Known for her etchings of Texas cowboys and the only noted early 20th-century woman popularizing Texas subjects, Mary Bonner was born in Bastrop, Louisiana but lived most of her life in San Antonio with long periods of time in Paris, France. She learned first hand about Texas cowboys and their lives, and this inspired her artwork, which brought her much acclaim. She began her formal art training at age sixteen, and her first teacher was Robert Onderdonk. However, she was not totally committed as an artist until 1922 when she began etching, having been advised to do so from an old lithographer. She studied in Munich in 1914 at the beginning of World War I, and was forced to return home, so she enrolled at the Stickney School in Pasadena... Read full biography
Known for her etchings of Texas cowboys and the only noted early 20th-century woman popularizing Texas subjects, Mary Bonner was born in Bastrop, Louisiana but lived most of her life in San Antonio with long periods of time in Paris, France. She learned first hand about Texas cowboys and their lives, and this inspired her artwork, which brought her much acclaim. She began her formal art training at age sixteen, and her first teacher was Robert Onderdonk. However, she was not totally committed as an artist until 1922 when she began etching, having been advised to do so from an old lithographer. She studied in Munich in 1914 at the beginning of World War I, and was forced to return home, so she enrolled at the Stickney School in Pasadena until 1918. She also went to Woodstock, New York in 1922 and studied with Richard Miller and Bolton Brown, and that summer went to France and beca... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (18)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942
2000
Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward
606 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945
1999
Grauer, Paula and Michael R.
240 pages (color)
An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
1998
Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick
405 pages
Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945 (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Trenton, Patricia (Editor); Sandra E'Emilio, Erika Doss (et all)
304 pages (color)
Art for History's Sake The Texas Collection of the Witte Museum
1993
Steinfeld, Cecilia; William H. Goetzmann (Intro)
298 pages (color)
American Paintings for New Collectors
1991
Schwarz-Philadelphia
64 pages
Etched, in Memory The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation
1990
Lang, Gladys & Kurt
437 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Stark Museum of Art: The Western Collection
1978
Schimmel, Julie; Gilbert Tapley Vincent
244 pages (color)
The Woman Artist in the American West, 1860-1960
1976
Kovinick, Phil
59 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Who's Who in American Art American Art Annual, 1933