Rolla Sims Taylor (Texas, 1872-1970), Arneson River Theater seating and view of La Villita along the San Antonio Riverwalk, oil on artist panel

sight: 10 x 8 in., frame: 14 x 12 in.

Provenance: Property from the nineteenth-century homestead of renowned long-time art and antiques collectors, Mickey and Barbara Hunter, San Antonio, Texas

Texas-born Rolla Sims Taylor studied in San Antonio with Jose Arpa and Robert Julian Onderdonk. Taylor attended summer school at the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Witte Memorial Museum in San Antonio named him Artist of the Year in 1954. Taylor delighted in painting San Antonio scenes, particularly old houses, the missions, and other buildings, views along the river, the Irish Flats, and Mexican subjects and jacales. His paintings of scenes of Texas history won honors from the Texas State Historical and Landmark Association.

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