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| Robert Harrison is recognized as an exceptional artist whose classic style portrays the Texas Hill Country so expertly and in such a realistic manner that people often comment that they feel like they are standing in that field or walking down the lane portrayed in the paintings. |
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| Robert wa born and grew up in San antonio and has painted most of his life. At an early age he decided to devote his life to his art and become a full time artist. It is a decision he has never regretted, and has stated that he cannot imagine doing anything else. he has collected and studied the works of many well-known early Texas artist. As a young man Robert often visited the Buckhorn Museum in San Antonio where Porfirio Salinas painted. |
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| Throughout North America, major corporations, museums, and private collectors of Texas Art have purchased Robert's paintings. He has paintings in the Presidential Palace in Mexico; the office of the President of UTSA; banks and corporate boardrooms. The City of San Antonio presented the former Shah of Iran with one of Robert's bluebonnet landscapes. The Buckhorn Museum in San Antonio features sveral paintings by Harrison, including one of the largest bluebonnet landscapes ever painted on canvas, a 5' x 10' foot Hill Country scene. One of his paintings was selected by President George Bush Sr. as a backdrop for the 1992 Drug Summit with the presidents of Peru, Columbia, Bolivia and Ecuador. His work has been featured in San Antonio Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, and Art International;. |
| Robert is best known for his bluebonnet paintings; however, in recent years he has also become recognized for his wonderful paintings of river scenes, the Texas missions, and other landscapes of the entire state. many prominent Texas ranchers and businessmen have commissioned him to paint favorite locations and scenes frm their ranches. |
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| Walter Mathis, a prominent San Antonian who is responsible for the revialization of the King William District, and major collector of historical antiques and Texas art has stated: "For most of my adult life I have collected among other things, the works of Texas artists, especially those who painted representations of that particularly Texas idiom - the field of bluebonnets. And I could not help but notice that despite the abundance of contemporary bluebonnet artists no one seemed to be up to the standards of the provenTexas greats, i.e., Robert Wood, Porfirio Salinas, and Robert Onderdank; that is until I encountered the work of Robert Harrison. In his work one may discern a bridge to which spans the gulf between the old Texas masters and contemporary artists. I forsee a narvelous future for him." |
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"No one captures the beauty of Texas landscapes better than Robert Harrison"
David George; Director of the Buckhorn Museum, San Antonio, Texas |
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