Dollie Spidle Nabinger (Victoria, Texas, 1905-1988), autumn landscape with river, oil on canvas panel, doubly signed on both lower corners

sight: 16 x 20 in., frame: 22 x 26 in. 

Provenance: Property from a home in Pleasanton, Texas

Dollie Nabinger was raised in Victoria, Texas, and even at age thirteen, her talent was already evident. James Ferdinand McCan, a well-known Irish expatriate artist, accepted her as his apprentice. She studied with him for seven years before enrolling at the Art Students' League in New York for two years of instruction. Later, once back in San Antonio, she studied with Jose Arpa and Harry Anthony DeYoung. In 1955 she spent a summer studying at the Academie Julian in Paris, France. She exhibited at Allen Art Galleries with renowned artists, A.D. Greer, George Phippen, Frederic Remington, V.A. Richardson and Chauncey Foster Ryder. She is listed in many publications including "Fredericksburg, Texas: 150 Years of Paintings and Drawings" by Jack McGuire; "An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West", 1998, UT Press; "Artists of Texas, 1800-1945" by Texas A & M University Press; and "Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists" by John and Deborah Powers.