Julian Onderdonk - Vintage Print/Lithograph - Blue Bonnet Field
Item History & Price
Julian Onderdonk (American, 1882 - 1922)Blue Bonnet Field Vintage original Julian Onderdonk print/lithograph bluebonnet field landscape measures 14" by 18" with period hand carved wood frame dimensions of 15-3/4" x 19-3/4", signed bottom right, Julian Onderdonk. The print has not been out of the frame for inspection but looking very closely under the glass I can see no signs of foxing, dirt, stains, or tears.
Biography:
Julian Onderdonk was born in San Antonio, T...exas, to Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, a painter, and Emily Gould Onderdonk. He was raised in South Texas and was an enthusiastic sketcher and painter. As a teenager Onderdonk was influenced and received some training from the prominent Texas artist Verona White who also lived in San Antonio at the time. He attended the West Texas Military Academy, now the Episcopal School of Texas, graduating in 1900. His grandfather Henry Onderdonk was the Headmaster of Saint James School in Maryland, from which Julian's father Robert graduated.At 19, with the help of a generous neighbor, Julian left Texas in order to study with the renowned American Impressionist William Merritt Chase. Julian's father, Robert, had also once studied with Chase. Julian spent the summer of 1901 on Long Island at Chase's Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art. He studied with Chase for a couple of years and then moved to New York City to attempt to make a living as en plein air artist. While in New York he met and married Gertrude Shipman and they soon had a son.
Onderdonk returned to San Antonio in 1909, where he produced his best work. His most popular subjects were bluebonnet landscapes. Onderdonk died on October 27, 1922 in San Antonio.President George W. Bush decorated the Oval Office with three of Onderdonk's paintings.The Dallas Museum of Art has several rooms dedicated exclusively to Onderdonk's work.
Biography:
Julian Onderdonk was born in San Antonio, T...exas, to Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, a painter, and Emily Gould Onderdonk. He was raised in South Texas and was an enthusiastic sketcher and painter. As a teenager Onderdonk was influenced and received some training from the prominent Texas artist Verona White who also lived in San Antonio at the time. He attended the West Texas Military Academy, now the Episcopal School of Texas, graduating in 1900. His grandfather Henry Onderdonk was the Headmaster of Saint James School in Maryland, from which Julian's father Robert graduated.At 19, with the help of a generous neighbor, Julian left Texas in order to study with the renowned American Impressionist William Merritt Chase. Julian's father, Robert, had also once studied with Chase. Julian spent the summer of 1901 on Long Island at Chase's Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art. He studied with Chase for a couple of years and then moved to New York City to attempt to make a living as en plein air artist. While in New York he met and married Gertrude Shipman and they soon had a son.
Onderdonk returned to San Antonio in 1909, where he produced his best work. His most popular subjects were bluebonnet landscapes. Onderdonk died on October 27, 1922 in San Antonio.President George W. Bush decorated the Oval Office with three of Onderdonk's paintings.The Dallas Museum of Art has several rooms dedicated exclusively to Onderdonk's work.
