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1907 Bay City, Texas - 1978 Taos, New Mexico. Known for: Southwest landscape, pueblo scene painting, gallery owning.
Born in Bay City, Texas, Tommie (Thomas) Lewis became a painter of detailed Southwest landscapes and an art gallery owner in Taos, New Mexico. He was a professional artist from the age of nineteen... Read full biography
Born in Bay City, Texas, Tommie (Thomas) Lewis became a painter of detailed Southwest landscapes and an art gallery owner in Taos, New Mexico. He was a professional artist from the age of nineteen and began by painting scenes of the American South including swamp lands, cypress and beech trees, and... Read full biography
Born in Bay City, Texas, Tommie (Thomas) Lewis became a painter of detailed Southwest landscapes and an art gallery owner in Taos, New Mexico. He was a professional artist from the age of nineteen and began by painting scenes of the American South including swamp lands, cypress and beech trees, and blacks toiling in the field. He also did etching to supplement his income, but discovered that his slightly impaired eyesight prevented him from being a skilled etcher. In the early 1930s, he began... Read full biography
Born in Bay City, Texas, Tommie (Thomas) Lewis became a painter of detailed Southwest landscapes and an art gallery owner in Taos, New Mexico. He was a professional artist from the age of nineteen and began by painting scenes of the American South including swamp lands, cypress and beech trees, and blacks toiling in the field. He also did etching to supplement his income, but discovered that his slightly impaired eyesight prevented him from being a skilled etcher. In the early 1930s, he began experimenting with sepia-tones and desert painting and developed a sophisticated range of colors, which were particularly expressive of the desert country. As he was reaching a high point in his career, he had to interrupt it to serve in the Navy... Read full biography
Born in Bay City, Texas, Tommie (Thomas) Lewis became a painter of detailed Southwest landscapes and an art gallery owner in Taos, New Mexico. He was a professional artist from the age of nineteen and began by painting scenes of the American South including swamp lands, cypress and beech trees, and blacks toiling in the field. He also did etching to supplement his income, but discovered that his slightly impaired eyesight prevented him from being a skilled etcher. In the early 1930s, he began experimenting with sepia-tones and desert painting and developed a sophisticated range of colors, which were particularly expressive of the desert country. As he was reaching a high point in his career, he had to interrupt it to serve in the Navy during World War II, but he continued painting--this time mixing paints for a camouflage division, which he later joined. Afte... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (11)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesMaster Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993Southwest Art64 pagesThe Taos Artists A Historical and Biographical Dictionary
1984Witt, David L63 pagesPaintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection
1983Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds273 pages (color)A Western American Vision of Art, History and Work Francis King Collection
1982Dobbs, Joanne; Jerry A. Schefcik52 pages (color)Stark Museum of Art: The Western Collection
1978Schimmel, Julie; Gilbert Tapley Vincent244 pages (color)The 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)Harmsen's Western Americana
1971Harmsen, Dorothy212 pages (color)