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Summary:
An interview with Jerry Bywaters conducted 1976 Feb. 13 by Kinsey Marshall. Interview was originally titled "Texas Public Works of Art Project/Mural Decoration."
Citation:
Interview with Jerry Bywaters, 1976 Feb. 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3184 available for use only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Jerry Bywaters (1906-1988) was a painter, art historian, educator, and museum director in Dallas, Tex. Bywaters was a faculty member of Southern Methodist University's Division of Fine Arts for forty years where he ran both the Art and Art History departments. From 1933 to 1939 he was the art critic for The Dallas Morning News. Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts from 1943 to 1964.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1983 by Kinsey Marshall. Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration -- Texas Search this
