The following, submitted September 2005, is by Carl McQueary, collector of work by the artist and an acquaintance. Michael Frary was born in Santa Monica, California on May 28, 1918, and died on... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2005, is by Carl McQueary, collector of work by the artist and an acquaintance. Michael Frary was born in Santa Monica, California on May 28, 1918, and died on Tuesday, August 30, 2005. During a career spanning almost seventy years, Michael Frary influenced the... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2005, is by Carl McQueary, collector of work by the artist and an acquaintance. Michael Frary was born in Santa Monica, California on May 28, 1918, and died on Tuesday, August 30, 2005. During a career spanning almost seventy years, Michael Frary influenced the course of art, not only in Texas, but in the United States as well. He was a seminal figure in the art movement known as modernism and with his contemporaries on the faculty of the Art Department at the... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2005, is by Carl McQueary, collector of work by the artist and an acquaintance. Michael Frary was born in Santa Monica, California on May 28, 1918, and died on Tuesday, August 30, 2005. During a career spanning almost seventy years, Michael Frary influenced the course of art, not only in Texas, but in the United States as well. He was a seminal figure in the art movement known as modernism and with his contemporaries on the faculty of the Art Department at the University of Texas, he changed the face of art on a national scale. Now widely celebrated as a Texas Modernist, his influence has also shaped the lives and careers of the countless thousands of students whom he taught both in a classroom setting... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2005, is by Carl McQueary, collector of work by the artist and an acquaintance. Michael Frary was born in Santa Monica, California on May 28, 1918, and died on Tuesday, August 30, 2005. During a career spanning almost seventy years, Michael Frary influenced the course of art, not only in Texas, but in the United States as well. He was a seminal figure in the art movement known as modernism and with his contemporaries on the faculty of the Art Department at the University of Texas, he changed the face of art on a national scale. Now widely celebrated as a Texas Modernist, his influence has also shaped the lives and careers of the countless thousands of students whom he taught both in a classroom setting and through hundreds of watercolor seminars and workshops throughout the southwest. His father died when Michael was six months old. Relati... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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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
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary
2002
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last
231 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
Watercolors of the Rio Grande
1984
Frary, Michael
131 pages (color)
Texas Images & Visions (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Goetzmann, William/B Reese
168 pages (color)
Pecos to Rio Grande: Interpretations of Far West Artists by Eighteen Artists
1983
Tyler, Ron (Intro)
124 pages (color)
Texas Painting and Sculpture: 20th Century (Exhibition catalog)