LUIS EADES (1923-2014)Luis Eades was born in 1923 in Madrid. He became interested in art at a young age and began his artistic education at the Hammersmith School of Art in London at the age of fourteen. He continued receiving art classes in various schools in England, studying the techniques of casein, charcoal, oil and watercolor painting. After studying in Mexico City, Eades came to the United States to attend the University of Kentucky. During his time in Texas, he taught art at the University of Texas at Austin. Finding his home in Colorado, Eades became a professor of painting at the University of Colorado at Boulder and remained at his position for thirty eight years. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights1923 Born in Madrid, Spain1937-40 Hammersmith School of Art, London, England1940-42 Bath School of Art, England1947-48 Slade School of Art, London University1948-49 Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City1949-52 University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky1952-61 Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Texas1961-86 Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado2014 Died in Boulder, Colorado Selected Prizes, Awards· Texas General/Annual: Purchase Prize 1955, 19571955 Purchase Prize, Summer Garden, oil1957 Purchase Prize, Visitor to the Aquarium, oil· Southwestern Prints and Drawings: Purchase Prize 1956, 1959, 1960 (2 works)1956 Purchase Prize, Digging up the Past, pastel1959 Purchase Prize, Mountain Climbers, charcoal1960 Purchase Prize (2 works), Strait Jacket and Parachutist, charcoal· Texas Fine Arts Association: Purchase Prize 1960, 1975; Prize 1957, 19581957 Award1958 Award1960 First Purchase Prize1975 Purchase Prize· Connecticut Academy of Fine Art: Second Prize 1959; Honorable Mention 19601959 Second Prize1960 Honorable Mention· Cedar City (Utah) Invitational: Purchase Prize 1973; Merit Award 19761973 Purchase Prize1976 Merit Award· Other Exhibitions: Purchase Prize 1956 DD Feldman, 1956 Gulf-Caribbean, 1959 Whitney Museum, 1961 Eastern States Annual; Prize 1959 NY City Center Gallery, 1959 Art: USA: 19591956 Purchase Prize, Museum Piece, oil, Gulf-Caribbean Art Exhibition1958 First Purchase Prize, Butler Institute1959 McMein Purchase Award, Whitney Museum of American Art1959 First Prize, New York City Center Gallery1959 Regional Prize, Art USA 19591961 Purchase Award, Eastern States Annual Selected Exhibitions· 1955 Solo, Art Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky· 1955 17th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture 1955-1956, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (purchase prize)· 1956 6th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, traveled to: Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana; Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, Texas; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Texas Tech College Museum, Lubbock; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; University of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Oklahoma A&M College, Stillwater (purchase prize)· 1956 21st Annual Mid-Year Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio· 1956 18th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1956-1957, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin; Museum, Texas Tech, Lubbock, Texas· 1956 Gulf-Caribbean Art Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado (catalogue) (purchase prize)· 1957 New York Center Gallery, New York, New York· 1957 Survey of Painting in Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, circulated by American Federation of Arts (catalogue)· 1957 National Serigraph Society, Meltzer Gallery, New York, New York· 1957 7th Annual Fiesta of Art and Craft, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas· 1957 19th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1957-1958, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas (purchase prize)· 1957 Solo, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas· 1957 ‘Horse and Rider’ Exhibition, Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas· 1957 Annual Membership Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (award)· 1958 20th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1958-1959, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; TFAA, Laguna Gloria Gallery, Austin; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; San Angelo Art Club, San Angelo; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas· 1958 Solo, Petite Gallerie, New York, New York· 1958 Spring Jury Show, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (award)· 1958 Texas Watercolor Society 9th Annual Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas· 1958 23rd Annual Mid-Year Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio (1st purchase prize)· 1958 Audubon Artists 16th Annual Exhibition, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York· 1958 154th Exhibition of Watercolors, Prints and Drawings, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania· 1958, 1959 Solos, James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas· 1958 1st Annual Metropolitan Show, National Arts Club, New York, New York· 1959 9th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas (purchase prize)· 1959 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (purchase prize)· 1959 Texas Watercolor Society 10th Annual Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas, selection circulated: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas (purchase prize)· 1959 Solo, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas· 1959 49th Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Hartford, Connecticut (2nd prize)· 1959 April Exhibition, New York City Center Gallery, New York, New York (1st prize)· 1959 9th Annual National Exhibition, Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, Florida· 1959 Made in Texas by Texans, Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art, Sheraton-Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas (catalogue)· 1959 24th Annual Mid-Year Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio· 1959 Art: USA: 1959, Coliseum, New York, New York (prize)· 1959 Spring Jury Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas· 1959 Allied Artists of America 46th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design Galleries, New York, New York· 1959 1st Annual Invitational Painting Exhibition, Junior Service League, Longview, Texas· 1959 American Watercolor Society 92nd Annual Exhibition, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York· 1959 10th Anniversary New England Exhibition, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, Connecticut· 1959 12th Annual Exhibition of Painting, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado· 1959 Made in Texas by Texans, Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas· 1959 Washington Watercolor Club 62nd Annual Exhibition, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC· 1959 Eastern States Art Exhibition, Springfield, Massachusetts· 1960 10th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas (purchase prize, 2 works)· 1960 25th Annual Mid-Year Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio· 1960 10th Annual National Exhibition, Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, Florida· 1960 11th Annual New England Exhibition, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, Connecticut· 1960 Audubon Artists 18th Annual Exhibition, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York· 1960 50th Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Hartford, Connecticut (honorable mention)· 1960 Southwestern Art: A Sampling of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas· 1960 American Watercolor Society 93rd Annual Exhibition, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York· 1960 5th Exhibition of Modern Art, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia· 1960 Fall Membership Show, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (purchase prize)· 1961 Texas Watercolor Society 12th Annual Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas, selection circulated: Junior League, Galveston, A&M University, College Station; Dallas Public Library, Dallas; A&I College, Kingsville, Gates Gallery, Port Arthur; Wichita Falls Art Association, Wichita Falls; Waco Art Forum, Waco; Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin; Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas· 1961 6th Exhibition of Modern Art, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia· 1961 12th Annual New England Exhibition, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, Connecticut· 1961 5th Annual Eastern States Art Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts (purchase prize)· 1961 26th Annual Mid-Year Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio· 1962 Young Collections 1962, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas· 1962 157th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania· 1962 Solo, The Gallery, Denver, Colorado· 1962 137th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Art, New York, New York· 1962 Recent Painting USA: The Figure, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York· 1962 Watercolor USA, National Watercolor Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri· 1962 27th Annual Mid-Year Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio· 1962 Western Artists 69th Annual, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado· 1962 Forty Artists Under Forty, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York· 1963 Young Collections 1963, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas· 1963 28th Annual Mid-Year Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio· 1963 14th Annual New England Exhibition, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, Connecticut· 1964 ‘State of Man’ Exhibition, New School, New York, New York· 1965 2nd Intermountain Biennial Exhibition, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah· 1965, 1968 Solos, Carlin Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas· 1965 Selected Painters/1965, Mulvane Art Center, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas· 1966 8th Annual Invitational Exhibition, Junior Service League, Longview, Texas· 1966 12th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana· 1966 9th Midwest Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska· 1967 3rd Intermountain Biennial Exhibition, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah· 1967 Solo, Southwest Missouri State College, Springfield, Missouri· 1967 Federation of Rocky Mountain States Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico· 1967 Solo, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah· 1968, 1970 Solos, Winn Galleries, Austin, Texas· 1969 Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Drawings, Chico State College Art Gallery, Chico, California· 1969 Solo, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado· 1969 Solo, The Gallery, Denver, Colorado· 1970 Still Life Today, American Federation of Arts, New York, New York· 1970 Drawing Colorado, University of Denver Gallery, Denver, Colorado· 1970 Artistas Qanadores de Premios de la Asociacion de Bellas Artes do Tejas, circulated by Texas Fine Arts Association to cities in Mexico· 1971, 1974, 1977 Solos, Carlin Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas· 1972 32nd Annual Invitational Art Exhibit, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, Utah· 1973 American Drawing, Eastern Washington State College, Cheney, Washington· 1973 33rd Annual Invitational Art Exhibit, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, Utah (purchase prize)· 1974 Mainstreams 74, Herman Fine Arts Center, Marietta Collect, Marietta, Ohio· 1975 National Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas (purchase prize)· 1976 Spree 76, Colorado Celebration of the Arts, Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado· 1976 65 Years of Prizewinning Artists from the Permanent Collection of the Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas· 1976 35th Annual Invitational Art Exhibit, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, Utah (merit award)· 1976 65th Annual Juried Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas· 1978 Boulder Cross-Section, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado· 1978 A View from Boulder, Boulder Art Center, Boulder Colorado· 1978 5th Colorado Annual Invitational Exhibition, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado· 1978 US Drawings 1978: National Invitational Exhibition, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas· 1979 Solo, Carson/Sapiro Gallery, Denver, Colorado· 1979 21st Annual Invitational Exhibition, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas· 1979 Solo, University of Colorado Fine Arts Galleries, Boulder, Colorado· 1980 Mapped Art: Charts, Routes, Regions, traveling exhibition organized by Independent Curators, Inc. of New York, New York· 1980 Using Paper, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana· 1980 Solo (with Ursula Eades), Putney Gallery, Aspen, Colorado· 1980 Landscapes and Interiors, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder Colorado· 1980 Western Eyes, Western Skies, traveling exhibition organized by Colorado Institute of Art, Denver, Colorado· 1980, 1984 Solos, Carlin Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas· 1982 7th Colorado Annual Invitational Exhibition, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado· 1983 Solo, Carson/Sapiro Gallery, Denver, Colorado· 1984 Luis Eades, Ursula Eades, Margaretta Gilboy and John Nickerson, Atwell Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado· 1987 Solo, Robishon Gallery, Denver, Colorado· 1987 Luis Eades, Retrospective Selections, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, Colorado· 1987 Solo, Watson Gallery, Houston, Texas· 1989 Luis Eades and John Wilson, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado· 1990 The Story Retold: Contemporary Mythology, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, Colorado· 1990 Solo, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado· 1990 Solo, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana· 1990 Solo, Landscape of Mars, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado· 1992 Prints from Shark’s Lithography Ltd., Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado· 1992 Solo, Gallery 44, Boulder, Colorado· 1993 Solo, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado· 1993, 1995 Solos, 1/1 A Gallery, Denver, Colorado· 1994 Solo, Altered Images, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado· 1995 Solo, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado· 1996 Digital Images, P’Sullivan Art Center, Regis University, Denver, Colorado· 1996 20/20 Vision, Anniversary Exhibition, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado· 1996 1/1 A Gallery, Denver, Colorado· 1997 The Surreal West, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado· 1998 Egypt of the Mind, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado· 1998 Solo, Digital Prints, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, Colorado· 1998 Twelve Artists in Common, William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado· 1999 Solo, William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado· 2009 A Texas Sampler: Vintage Paintings by Thirty Texas Artists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas· 2009 Texas Paper: Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings from the Lone Star State, 1938-2008, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas· 2010 Water Rites: Rivers, Lakes, and Streams in Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas· 2014 A New Visual Vocabulary: Developments in Texas Modernism 1935-1965, One Allen Center, Lobby Gallery, Houston, Texas Selected Public CollectionsDenver Art Museum, Denver, ColoradoKaiser Permanente, Oakland, CaliforniaMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TexasMuseum of Modern Art, New York City, New YorkPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NebraskaWhitney Museum of Art, New York City, New York