{"product_id":"allie-victoria-tennant-and-the-light-townsend-cummins-9781623493288","title":"Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas","description":"Winner, 2016 Liz Carpenter Award for the Research in the History of Women, presented at the Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At Fair Park in Dallas, a sculpture of a Native American figure, bronze with gilded gold leaf, strains a bow before sending an arrow into flight. \u003ci\u003eTejas Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e has welcomed thousands of visitors since the Texas Centennial Exposition opened in the 1930s. The iconic piece is instantly recognizable, yet few people know about its creator: Allie Victoria Tennant, one of a notable group of Texas artists who actively advanced regionalist art in the decades before World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Light Townsend Cummins follows Tennant's public career from the 1920s to the 1960s, both as an artist and as a culture-bearer, as she advanced cultural endeavors, including the arts. A true pathfinder, she helped to create and nurture art institutions that still exist today, most especially the Dallas Museum of Art, on whose board of trustees she sat for almost thirty years. Tennant also worked on behalf of other civic institutions, including the public schools, art academies, and the State Fair of Texas, where she helped create the Women's Building. \u003ci\u003eAllie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on an often overlooked artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Light Townsend Cummins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623493285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623493288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Light Townsend Cummins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623291367679,"sku":"9781623493288","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/allie-victoria-tennant-and-the-light-townsend-cummins-9781623493288","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}