Porfirio Salinas (Texas, 1910-1973), Texas autumn landscape, oil on canvas, circa 1956

sight: 20 x 30 in., frame: 31.5 x 41 in.

Provenance: Property from a prominent South Texas estate collection; proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

Porfirio Salinas was born in Bastrop, Texas on November 6, 1910. He lived most of his life in San Antonio, Texas where he died on April 18, 1973. Salinas painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. He studied with the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as Robert Wood. Lydon Baines Johnson was an avid collector of Salinas' work.