Winner; 2016 Liz Carpenter Award for the Research in the History of Women; presented at the Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting At Fair Park in Dallas; a sculpture of a Native American figure; bronze with gilded gold leaf; strains a bow before sending an arrow into flight. Tejas Warrior has welcomed thousands of visitors since the Texas Centennial Exposition opened in the 1930s. The iconic piece is instantly recognizable; yet few people know about its creator: Allie Victoria Tennant; one of a notable group of Texas artists who actively advanced regionalist art in the decades before World War II. Light Townsend Cummins follows Tennantrsquo;s public career from the 1920s to the 1960s; both as an artist and as a culture-bearer; as she advanced cultural endeavors; including the arts. A true pathfinder; she helped to create and nurture art institutions that still exist today; most especially the Dallas Museum of Art; on whose board of trustees she sat for almost thirty years. Tennant also worked on behalf of other civic institutions; including the public schools; art academies; and the State Fair of Texas; where she helped create the Womenrsquo;s Building. Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas sheds new light on an often overlooked artist.
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