{"product_id":"rounded-up-in-glory-michael-grauer-9781574416336","title":"Rounded Up in Glory: Frank Reaugh, Texas Renaissance Man","description":"Frank Reaugh (1860-1945; pronounced \"Ray\") was called \"the Dean of Texas artists\" for good reason. His pastels documented the wide-open spaces of the West as they were vanishing in the late nineteenth century, and his \u003ci\u003eplein air\u003c\/i\u003e techniques influenced generations of artists. His students include a \"Who's Who\" of twentieth-century Texas painters: Alexandre Hogue, Reveau Bassett, and Lucretia Coke, among others. He was an advocate of painting by observation, and encouraged his students to do the same by organizing legendary sketch trips to West Texas. Reaugh also earned the title of Renaissance man by inventing a portable easel that allowed him to paint in high winds, and developing a formula for pastels, which he marketed. A founder of the Dallas Art Society, which became the Dallas Museum of Art, Reaugh was central to Dallas and Oak Cliff artistic circles for many years until infighting and politics drove him out of fashion. He died isolated and poor in 1945.\u003cbr\u003e The last decade has seen a resurgence of interest in Reaugh, through gallery shows, exhibitions, and a recent documentary. Despite his importance and this growing public profile, however, \u003ci\u003eRounded Up in Glory\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-length biography. Michael Grauer argues for Reaugh's importance as more than just a \"longhorn painter.\" Reaugh's works and far-reaching imagination earned him a prominent place in the Texas art pantheon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Grauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1574416332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781574416336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Michael Grauer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48445386457343,"sku":"9781574416336","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2dedc33-2e92-45b4-9f65-eb19391efc40.jpg?v=1777218274","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rounded-up-in-glory-michael-grauer-9781574416336","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}