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Gallery Guide Gallery Guide January 28, 2011 - March 27, 2011 Drawing for Charro and Woman at Well Mexican Arts and Crafts Workshop, 1930s Colored pencil on butcher paper, 16.5” x 24.5” Chronology Ethel Wilson Harris Portrait of Ethel Wilson, March 1919 Courtesy of Susan Toomey Frost Crafts mark modified by Harris for WPA products Courtesy of Seale Studios Harris ringing mission bell in her Texas State Parks Board uniform Courtesy of the San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation Ethel Wilson Harris House, Courtesy of Seale Studios Mission San José Mission San José, Seth Eastman, ca. 1848-1849 Oil, canvas, panel, 22” x 15.5” Courtesy of the Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas Fernando Ramos Portrait of Fernando Ramos, October 1932 Courtesy of UTSA’s Institute of Texan Cultures Mexican Arts and Crafts, 1931-1941 Artisans in front of Mexican Arts and Crafts Courtesy of Susan Toomey Frost La gitana and El gitano (Self-portraits of Carla Montel and Fernando Ramos) Fernando Ramos, 1930s Mexican Arts and Crafts gift shop in Mission San José granary Photo by H.L. Summerville, courtesy of Susan Toomey Frost Reproduction of La Corrida de Gallos, 1940-1941 Mexican Arts and Crafts, with WPA Arts and Crafts Division Courtesy of The Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas San José Potteries, 1934 - 1945 Workers in front of the San José Potteries workshop Courtesy of UTSA’s Institute of Texan Cultures Detail of Page from Copyrighted Catalog Calla Lily Dinnerware - Salad Plate 1940s Mission Crafts, 1941-1977 (L to R) Rendón, Carmona, and unidentified potter outside Mission Crafts Courtesy of UTSA’s Institute of Texan Cultures Pottery demonstration in front of mission Courtesy of Seale Studios Courtesy of Susan Toomey Frost Commissioned mural, Menger Hotel Fernando Ramos San Antonio, Texas, 1950s Image courtesy of Susan Toomey Frost Ladrillera Monterrey, S.A. Charro on Horse Mid 1930s 6” x 6” Geometric Table, Mid-1930s, 21” x 24” x “16 Tile-making Process Original design Completed tile - cuerda seca Mold Tile with raised lines Completed tile - cuenca Colors and Glazes Details of Couple with Pot (drawing and plate), Fernando Ramos, 1930s Front Back Vocabulary Word Search W R A G R H K D C S N S E Z A L G Q I X N N C Y M R E C J O U F R C W T M H R E T C U E N C A L N G W L E F R N D O A Y R E R A W N E H T R A E A I Q K E S V R K W Y L M H A I V F U O T X S B S I M K A P A B W E E U H N S C X F V K D O A K I X N R V O W D S I W S Z P G M T A B J X L T W T E A C C I M A R L H S F C L A U L F Q S A O G R Y X N I Y S K P E A Q K Q B O L S Z L A C J M A I T H M S D D Y H U M Z F O Z X L A D Z W R I W C X C D V E H F C H C E K J E K C M P G M Q K C I W T K R G T J D Color-by-Numbers 2 2 4 2 4 6 8 1 6 8 8 4 9 1 4 4 9 4 3 8 8 9 4 7 8 4 8 7 4 1 2 7 4 2 8 2 1 8 1 6 5 2 9 1 2 9 7 5 2 1 7 5 2 9 4 5 8 3 5 4 3 4 9 6 5 Color Key 5 1 - Blue 2 2 - Green 6 - Black 3 - Orange 7 - Light Blue 4 - Yellow 8 - White 5 - Brown 9 - Beige Board of Directors Staff The Official Mexican and Mexican American Fine Art Museum of Texas 419 Congress Ave. • Austin, TX 78701 • 512.480.9373 [email protected] • www.mexic-artemuseum.org.
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