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The Davis Collection
Permanent Exhibition - Always on Display
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130 King William Street
San Antonio, TX 78204
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 3pm
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Admission is always free!
One of the most significant collections of early 20th-century American painting in Texas
Permanent Exhibition - Always on Display
A collection of surprising breadth and depth that includes prominent Texas artists, founding members of the Taos Society of Artists, Impressionists who painted alongside Monet at Giverny, and landscape painters from Ohio, California, and the American South.
The Davis Collection had its origins in an extraordinary act of philanthropy. Edgar B. Davis — an eccentric Texas oil wildcatter and rancher — worked with the San Antonio Art League to organize the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions of 1927, 1928, and 1929, offering substantial cash prizes — unprecedented for the time — for paintings of wildflowers and Texas rural life.
Word spread quickly. Artists traveled from New York, California, and across the country to paint in the Hill Country. Over three years, more than 300 works were exhibited at the Witte Museum and toured throughout Texas and New York. Each year, Davis purchased the prize-winning works and donated them to the Art League.
The result is a collection of surprising breadth and depth. Alongside prominent Texas artists are founding members of the Taos Society of Artists, Impressionists who painted alongside Monet at Giverny, and landscape painters from Ohio, California, and the American South. The collection is not what most visitors expect — and that is part of what makes it extraordinary
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One of the most significant collections of early 20th-century American painting in Texas
Permanent Exhibition - Always on Display
A collection of surprising breadth and depth that includes prominent Texas artists, founding members of the Taos Society of Artists, Impressionists who painted alongside Monet at Giverny, and landscape painters from Ohio, California, and the American South.
The Davis Collection had its origins in an extraordinary act of philanthropy. Edgar B. Davis — an eccentric Texas oil wildcatter and rancher — worked with the San Antonio Art League to organize the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions of 1927, 1928, and 1929, offering substantial cash prizes — unprecedented for the time — for paintings of wildflowers and Texas rural life.
Word spread quickly. Artists traveled from New York, California, and across the country to paint in the Hill Country. Over three years, more than 300 works were exhibited at the Witte Museum and toured throughout Texas and New York. Each year, Davis purchased the prize-winning works and donated them to the Art League.
The result is a collection of surprising breadth and depth. Alongside prominent Texas artists are founding members of the Taos Society of Artists, Impressionists who painted alongside Monet at Giverny, and landscape painters from Ohio, California, and the American South. The collection is not what most visitors expect — and that is part of what makes it extraordinary
Instructor
When
Permanent Exhibition - Always on Display
Price
Class Size
Pre-Requisites