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Recent Acquisitions Releases Press Release Archive |
Tyler Collects IV: Love for This Land Southside Bank Collection Featured at New TMA Exhibition Tyler, TX—November 3 the Tyler Museum of Art will open the fourth exhibition in its series highlighting local art collections, this one featuring selections from the lobbies and offices of Southside Bank. Tyler Collects IV, Love for this Land: Paintings of the Southwest from the Southside Bank Collection will include over 70 works of art from the bank’s extensive 500-piece corporate collection. “The success of Southside Bank and its philanthropic investment in the local community is renowned,” said Ken Tomio, Tyler Museum of Art curator and exhibition organizer. “What is not widely known outside of Southside’s extended staff and customers is that founder B.G. Hartley, chairman and CEO, and his wife, Billie, have spent nearly forty years assembling a remarkable and rich collection of Southwestern art.” Tomio said the first piece collected by the Hartleys for the bank was a glazed ceramic panel simply titled Horse (artist unknown). Both Mr. and Mrs. Hartley expressed a desire to share art with Southside’s customers, and as the bank expanded to more and more locations, so did the collection. Over the years numerous landscape paintings of West Texas and New Mexico, American scenes, still lifes and animal portraits were added. Andrew Baird’s Indian Dancer, Barbara Miekle’s Ghost Ranch Canyon and C.P. Montague’s Big Bend were all cited by Tomio as excellent examples of “rich and inspiring” scenes from the collection. He also described several oil paintings with cowboy or Native American themes, such as Cheyenne Buffalo Hunt by T.E. Scarborough and Three Cowboys Riding by Don Louis Ruf, as exemplifying the hardships and setbacks endured as America expanded westward. “A cohesive collection such as this takes many years of careful development,” Tomio noted as he worked through the images. “These extraordinarily high-quality works evoke a pride and admiration for the distinct and hardy people and landscapes of the Southwest. East Texans are fortunate to have this collection available to the public.” A Tyler Museum of Art members-only reception will open the exhibition November 2, followed by the official opening November 3 in the Bell Gallery. A special Love for This Land First Friday Art Tour is set for January 5. The exhibition, which is free to the public, will be at the Museum through January 14. To learn more about the exhibition or to make reservations for the First Friday Art Tour call the TMA at 903-595-1001. Exhibition hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The Museum, located at 1300 S. Mahon adjacent to the Tyler Junior College campus, includes a café open for lunch on weekdays and a gift shop open during exhibition hours. |