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1911 San Antonio, Texas - 1956 San Antonio, Texas. Known for: Easel and mural painting, teaching.
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Julius Woeltz was a landscape painter, muralist and art teacher who had extensive preparation for his career. He studied with Wilson Nixon, Jose Arpa and Xavier Gonzalez... Read full biography
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Julius Woeltz was a landscape painter, muralist and art teacher who had extensive preparation for his career. He studied with Wilson Nixon, Jose Arpa and Xavier Gonzalez in Texas, spent a year in Paris at the Academie Julian and then studied at the Art Institute of... Read full biography
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Julius Woeltz was a landscape painter, muralist and art teacher who had extensive preparation for his career. He studied with Wilson Nixon, Jose Arpa and Xavier Gonzalez in Texas, spent a year in Paris at the Academie Julian and then studied at the Art Institute of Chicago on two scholarships. For independent study, he traveled in Mexico and France. In 1932, he became Director of the art department at Sul Ross State Teachers College in Alpine, and two years later at... Read full biography
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Julius Woeltz was a landscape painter, muralist and art teacher who had extensive preparation for his career. He studied with Wilson Nixon, Jose Arpa and Xavier Gonzalez in Texas, spent a year in Paris at the Academie Julian and then studied at the Art Institute of Chicago on two scholarships. For independent study, he traveled in Mexico and France. In 1932, he became Director of the art department at Sul Ross State Teachers College in Alpine, and two years later at the college began a series of large murals that depicted genre and landscape scenes of the Big Bend area in the region. From 1936 to 1940, he was in New Orleans where he taught at the New Orleans Art School. Then he moved to Amarillo where he... Read full biography
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Julius Woeltz was a landscape painter, muralist and art teacher who had extensive preparation for his career. He studied with Wilson Nixon, Jose Arpa and Xavier Gonzalez in Texas, spent a year in Paris at the Academie Julian and then studied at the Art Institute of Chicago on two scholarships. For independent study, he traveled in Mexico and France. In 1932, he became Director of the art department at Sul Ross State Teachers College in Alpine, and two years later at the college began a series of large murals that depicted genre and landscape scenes of the Big Bend area in the region. From 1936 to 1940, he was in New Orleans where he taught at the New Orleans Art School. Then he moved to Amarillo where he completed six murals for the U.S. Post Office. In 1941, he joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin and taught there for the next ten ye... Read full biography
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Keywords (30)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Abstraction, Abstract
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Association
- •New Orleans Art Association
- •Texas Fine Arts Association
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Annual Texas Artists Exhibition
Exhibition of Art Association
- •New Orleans Art Association-
- •Texas Watercolor Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art