DAVID PRYOR ADICKES (b. 1927)Born in Huntsville, Texas, David Adickes earned his undergraduate degree in physics and mathematics from Sam Houston State College (now University). The summer after graduation, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute and realized that art was what he really wanted to do. Adickes used his G.I. Bill to study painting in Paris with modern master, Fernand Leger. He returned to Houston and began painting full-time.In 1983, he was commissioned to make his first monumental sculpture, Virtuoso, which now resides at the Lyric Center in downtown Houston. Adickes also created the 76-foot tall figure of Sam Houston that stands on Interstate 45 just south of Huntsville, as well as The Winds of Change, an 8 foot bronze of President George Bush for the Bush Presidential Library at TAMU. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights1927 Born in Huntsville, Texas1945–46 U. S. Air Force1948 BS Physics/Mathematics, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas1948 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Kansas1948–50 Atelier Fernand Léger, Paris, France1954–55 Instructor, University of Texas at Austin at Austin1957–58 Around-the-world-tour, one year in Japan with solo shows in Tokyo and OsakaResides in Houston, TexasSelected Prizes, AwardsHouston Annual: Purchase Prize 1953, 1955 (March), 1955 (December); Cash Prize 1954; Honorable Mention 19531953 Purchase Prize, Beach Scene, casein and Honorable Mention, Fishermen on Beach, pastel1954 Cash Prize, Three Figures Before a Black Boat, casein1955 (March) Purchase Prize, Spanish Interior, oil1955 (December) Purchase Prize, In Attendance, caseinTexas General/Annual: Recommended for Purchase Prize 1951; Cash Prize 1951, 19541951 Cash Prize and Recommended for Purchase Prize, Harlequins, gouache (2 figures)1954 Cash Prize, Risque-Tout, oilTexas Watercolor Society: Purchase Prize 1952, 1953; Cash Prize 1952; Materials Prize 19531952 Purchase Prize, Composition, watercolor and Cash Prize, Still Life with Coffee Urn, watercolor1953 Purchase Prize, 7 of the Species, watercolor and Materials Prize, View of the Village, watercolorTexas Fine Arts Association: Purchase Prize 1953 (spring), 1953 (fall); First Prize 19561953 (Spr Festival) Purchase Prize, Harlequins (3 figures)1953 (Fall Annual) Purchase Prize, Three by the Sea, casein1956 First Prize, Harlequin With Banjo, oilSouthwestern Prints and Drawings: Purchase Prize 19561956-57 Purchase Prize, Two Men on a Beach, lithographD. 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Feldman: Merit Award 19561956 Merit Award, The PoetsSelected Exhibitions1951 Houston Art League Fair, (rented booth with Herb Mears), Shamrock Hilton, Houston, Texas1951 26th Annual Exhibition of Works by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1951 Paintings and Drawings by David Adickes, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1951 13th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture, circulated: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas (same entry: cash prize and recommended for purchase prize)1952 Texas Watercolor Society 3rd Annual Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas; Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas (2 entries: purchase prize and cash prize)1952 5th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas1953 Texas Watercolor Society 4th Annual Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas, selection circulated: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas A&M University, College Station; Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Centennial Museum, Corpus Christi, Texas (2 entries: purchase prize and materials prize)1953 Texas Fine Arts Festival, Coliseum, Austin, Texas (purchase prize)1953 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas (purchase prize)1953 28th Annual Exhibition of Works by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (2 entries: purchase prize and honorable mention)1953–62 Solos and Group, James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas1954 29th Annual Exhibition of Works by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (cash prize)1954 16th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture 1954, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas (cash prize)1955 (March) 30th Annual Exhibition of Works by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (purchase prize)1955 (December) 31st Annual Exhibition of Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (purchase prize)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, Austin1956 D. 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Feldman Collection of Contemporary Texas Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (merit award)1956 Gulf-Caribbean Art Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, traveled to: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado (catalogue)1956 Annual Spring Show, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas (first 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, Oklahoma (purchase prize)1957 7th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas1957 Survey of Painting in Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, circulated by American Federation of Arts (catalogue)1957 Solo, Witte Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas1957 Recent Contemporary Acquisitions—Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas (catalogue)1957 David Pryor Adickes, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas1957 Solo, Laguna Gloria Gallery, Austin, Texas1957 32nd Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1958 Solo, Formes Gallery, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan1959 60 Prints by 60 Artists from Local Collections: Post-War Prints 1946–1959, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas1959 34th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1959 Made in Texas by Texans, Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art, Sheraton-Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas (catalogue)1959 Solo, Janet Nessler Gallery, New York, New York1959 21st Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1959-1960, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; Museum, Texas Tech, Lubbock; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston1961 Solo, Galerie de la Vieille Échoppe, St. Paul-de-Vence1961–62 Solo, Haydon Calhoun Gallery, Dallas, Texas1962 Solo, Fifth Ave. Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas1962 24th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1962-1963, circulated: Witte Museum, San Antonio; Centennial Art Museum, Corpus Christi; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas1962 Solo, Stewart-Ricard Gallery, San Antonio, Texas1963 34th Annual Dallas County Exhibition: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas1963 25th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1963-1964, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Centennial Art Museum, Corpus Christi; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso; Witte Museum, San Antonio; University of Texas at Austin1963 University of Texas Art Faculty—Past and Present, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1963– Solos and Group, DuBose Gallery, Houston, Texas1970–Solos and Group, Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida1971–72 Texas Painting and Sculpture: The 20th Century, Pollack Galleries, Owen Arts Center, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, traveled to: Witte Confluence Museum, HemisFair Plaza, San Antonio; University Art Museum, University of Texas at Austin; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; The Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (catalogue)1973 The Michener Collection: American Paintings from the Twentieth Century, inaugural exhibition, Michener Galleries, University of Texas at Austin, Texas1975 Evolution in Figurative Art, Selections from the Michener Collection, University of Texas at Austin, Texas2004 A Selection of Art Made in Houston 1950-1965, Brazos Projects, Brazos Bookstore, Houston, Texas2006 Houston Art in Houston Collections: Works from 1900 to 1965, Heritage Society Museum, Houston, Texas2008 Founders of Houston Art: Thirty Artists Who Led the Way, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2009 Back to the Future: Elements of “Modern” in Mid-Century Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2009 Adickes…Early: Fifty Paintings from the Formative Period, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas (catalogue)2009 A Texas Sampler: Vintage Paintings by Thirty Texas Artists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2009 Texas Paper: Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings from the Lone Star State, 1938-2008, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2010 Third Anniversary Show: A Tribute to Houston Artists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2011 His World of Color: David Adickes, Nave Museum, Victoria Texas2011 Lone Star Modernism: A Celebration of Mid-Century Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2011 Portrait of Houston: 1900–2011, Alliance Gallery, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas (catalogue)2012 A Survey of Texas Modernists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2013 Rhythms of Modernism, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2013 Summer Encore Exhibition, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2014 Houston Founders at City Hall Art Exhibition, City Hall, Houston, Texas2014 An New Visual Vocabulary: Developments in Texas Modernism 1935-1965, One Allen Center, Lobby Gallery, Houston, Texas2014 Lone Star Masters of Modernism, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2015 Bayou City Chic: Progressive Streams of Modern Art in Houston, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas (catalogue)Selected Public Commissions1983 Virtuoso, Lyric Center, Houston, Texas1994 Sam Houston, Huntsville, TexasSelected Public CollectionsBlanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TexasDallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TexasFort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, TexasJames A. Michener Art Foundation, Doleystown, PennsylvaniaLongview Art Association, Longview, TexasMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TexasPennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaWitte Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas