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1898 Clifton, Bosque County, Texas - 1973 Dallas, Texas. Known for: Lithography, children's book illustration, author.
The following biography is based on information provided by Jeffrey Pirtle, Museum/Archives Manager of J.C. Penney of Dallas, Texas who, in turn, credits the web site, "Handbook of Texas Online:".... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided by Jeffrey Pirtle, Museum/Archives Manager of J.C. Penney of Dallas, Texas who, in turn, credits the web site, "Handbook of Texas Online:". Noted Texas artist Merritt Thomas Mauzey was a lithographer and author- illustrator of children's... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided by Jeffrey Pirtle, Museum/Archives Manager of J.C. Penney of Dallas, Texas who, in turn, credits the web site, "Handbook of Texas Online:". Noted Texas artist Merritt Thomas Mauzey was a lithographer and author- illustrator of children's books. He was born at Clifton, Bosque County, Texas, on November 16, 1898, the son of Henry Clay and Amanda Elizabeth (Crowe) Mauzey. In 1900 his family moved by covered wagon to Oak Creek Valley to begin... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided by Jeffrey Pirtle, Museum/Archives Manager of J.C. Penney of Dallas, Texas who, in turn, credits the web site, "Handbook of Texas Online:". Noted Texas artist Merritt Thomas Mauzey was a lithographer and author- illustrator of children's books. He was born at Clifton, Bosque County, Texas, on November 16, 1898, the son of Henry Clay and Amanda Elizabeth (Crowe) Mauzey. In 1900 his family moved by covered wagon to Oak Creek Valley to begin dry-land cotton farming on rented land. They purchased 160 acres of railroad land east of Decker in 1902. In 1912, Mauzey went to live with a married sister in Blackwell in order to attend high school. He first studied drawing through a... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided by Jeffrey Pirtle, Museum/Archives Manager of J.C. Penney of Dallas, Texas who, in turn, credits the web site, "Handbook of Texas Online:". Noted Texas artist Merritt Thomas Mauzey was a lithographer and author- illustrator of children's books. He was born at Clifton, Bosque County, Texas, on November 16, 1898, the son of Henry Clay and Amanda Elizabeth (Crowe) Mauzey. In 1900 his family moved by covered wagon to Oak Creek Valley to begin dry-land cotton farming on rented land. They purchased 160 acres of railroad land east of Decker in 1902. In 1912, Mauzey went to live with a married sister in Blackwell in order to attend high school. He first studied drawing through a correspondence course offered by the Fine Art Institute in Omaha, Nebraska. On July 8, 1916, he married Margaret Echols, and their only child,... Read full biography
Merritt Mauzey - Artist Info
About Merritt Mauzey: Keywords
Keywords (49)
Art Method
- •Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •American South Slaves, Cotton Genre, Plantations
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
Art Association
- •Allied Artists of America-
- •American Artists Professional League
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Audubon Society of Artists-
- •Dallas Art Association
- •Dallas Nine
- •Lone Star Printmakers
- •Society of American Graphic Artists
Art Teacher
- •Frank Klepper
Art School
- •Art Institute of Omaha, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Bill and Mary Cheek Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Texas Centennial Exposition
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Artists Professional League-
- •Dallas Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of American Graphic Artists-
- •Texas Fine Arts Association-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts