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Rogan arrived in 1961 from the Uni-
versity of Iowa. As department chair
and art education professor, he pre-
sided over the curriculum shift as La-
mar changed from a commercial art
to a fine arts program. Rogan retired
in 1990 but painted steadily, develop-
ing an impressive body of work. As a
transplant from the landlocked Mid-
west, Rogan was always fascinated by
his new surroundings of ship chan-
nels and rice fields. Untitled (Port of
Beaumont), on page 16, bottom right,
depicts a familiar local subject. The
bright reds and abstract lines suggest
the bustling energy of ships moving
in and out of harbor.
Another important artist at Lamar
during these years was Jerry New-
man, an influential and popular
instructor to more than 10,000 stu-
dents, including John Alexander,
who exhibits his masterful paintings
and drawings at major museums
throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Newman was honored in the 1990s
as Texas State Artist, Texas Wildflower
Artist, and Ducks Unlimited Artist,
capping a long, successful career paint-
ing this part of the world (see image on
page 16, top left).
These Southeast Texas painters were
never part of a movement or school as
cohesive as the Dallas regionalists or as
social as the Fort Worth Circle. Despite
this, those who examine their work will
find a rich and exciting decades-long
tribute to the forests, ships, shorebirds,
oil derricks, coastal swamps and rough
beaches, and the people who make up
the texture of life in this corner of the
Lone Star State. *
Penny Clark is an archivist at Lamar
University in Beaumont; she previously
served as archivist at Sam Houston Li-
brary and Tyrrell Historic Library.
Tam Kiehnhoff is a collector of early Tex-
as art since 1991 and a board member of
CASETA and the Art Museum of South-
east Texas.Sources:
Information on Herring Coe from the
University of Texas Vertical Files at the
Sam Houston Regional Library and the
Vertical Files at the Tyrrell Historical
Library
John and Deborah Powers, Texas Paint-
ers, Sculptors and Graphic Artists, 2000Lorene David Scrapbooks, Tyrrell His-
torical Library, Beaumont
Interviews, David and Patty Cargill,
2005-2010
Interviews, Herman Hugg, 1995-2010
Interviews, Robert Madden, 2006-2009Beaumont Art Museum Scrapbooks Interviews, Robert Rogan, 2007-2010
9TH ANNUAL
TEXAS ART FAIR AND
SYMPOSIUM ON
EARLY TEXAS ART
April 15-17, 2011
The Sheraton Dallas Hotel
SPEAKERS AND TOPICS INCLUDE:
* The Artist Colony at Christoval - Howard Taylor
* Texas Impressionism - Michael Grauer
* Early Texas Folk Artists - Kevin Vogel
* Texas Modernism - Katie Robinson Edwards
* Early Texas Hispanic Artists - Kelly Donahue Wallace
* A Panel on the Early Days of Collecting
* And a Documentary Film on Artist Buck Winn
SPECIAL EVENT:
The Albritton Collection
of Early Texas Art
at the
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
CASETAr
The Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art
For more information or to register for the
symposium, visit www.caseta.org
or contact Becky Tiemann, Director at
972.233.9107 ext.215Volume 1 2011 1 TEXAS HERITAGE 19
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