Artist

Rex Clawson

born Dallas, TX 1933
Born
Dallas, Texas, United States
Biography

Rex Clawson was inspired as a teenager by the work of European artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. He traveled to Mexico to paint and, on his return to Texas, won first prize at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts annual exhibition. He moved to New York and created paintings based on social and political themes. (Ro Gallery, New York, 2004)

Works by this artist (4 items)

Henry Wolf, Robert Frederick Blum, Japanese Girl (The Musmee), 1891, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.54
Japanese Girl (The Musmee)
Artist
Date1891
photomechanical wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Robert Frederick Blum, A Difficult Place, 1877, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1971.160
A Difficult Place
Artist
Date1877
etching
Not on view
Robert Frederick Blum, Canal in Venice, San Trovaso Quarter, ca. 1885, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.7.7
Canal in Venice, San Trovaso Quarter
Artist
Dateca. 1885
oil on canvas
Not on view
Robert Frederick Blum, William Baxter Closson, The Colonial Governor, n.d., wood engraving, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1971.176
The Colonial Governor
Artist
Daten.d.
wood engraving
Not on view