![]() Work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from Wood while he was employed in an art supply store, and he soon began to Professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as aįifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a Professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to ![]() Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watchingĪrtists paint in and around San Antonio. Textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." In an article in the New York Times, he was described as a "boy whose That was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work The bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to Middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as The Salinas family was close-knit, and Porfirio was the Porfirio painted on the banks of the Colorado or in the groves of To visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. With its pine trees and vast expanse of the Colorado River would foreverįor the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently Was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father Hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to Salinas was born on Novemnear the small town of Bastrop, Included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art. Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are Salinas are in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the In fact, President Johnson was soĮnamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever beĪssociated with America's first Texas-born President. Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives,Īnd Texas Governor John Connelly. Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam Widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President One of the first Mexican American painters to become The beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the Remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of One of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained The years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime.
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