Robert Jenkins Onderdonk | |
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 Fall of The Alamo, oil on canvas, 1903, Texas Governor's Mansion | |
| Born | January 16, 1852 St. Timothy's Hall, Catonsville, Maryland[1] |
| Died | July 2, 1917 (aged 65) San Antonio, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | National Academy of Design, Art Students League (William Merritt Chase, James Carroll Beckwith) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Fall of the Alamo |
Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (January 16, 1852[2] – July 2, 1917) was an American painter and art teacher, born in Catonsville, Maryland.[1] An important artist in the first stage of Texas art,[3] he was a long-time art teacher in San Antonio and Dallas, where he formed art associations and leagues; for his contributions to the culture of art and painting in Texas he is known as the "Dean of Texas's Artists."[4]
- ^ a b Church, Diana. "Onderdonk, Robert Jenkins". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ^ Onderdonk, Elmer (1910). Genealogy of the Onderdonk family in America. privately printed. pp. 216.
- ^ Reily, Nancy Hopkins (2007). Georgia O'keeffe, a Private Friendship: Walking the Sun Prairie land. Sunstone Press. pp. 141–43. ISBN 978-0-86534-451-8.
- ^ Reitzes, Lisa B.; Stephanie Street; Gerry D. Scott; Shelby Wells (2003). A national image: the American painting and sculpture collection in the San Antonio Museum of Art. U of Texas P. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-883502-11-9. Retrieved 20 September 2010.