Robert Wood (Texas / California, 1889-1979), view of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, oil on panel, signed lower right

sight: 12 x 16 in., frame: 15.5 x 19.5 in.

Provenance: Property from a home in Universal City, Texas; originally purchased in San Antonio; accompanied by appraisal 1985 from Violet Sigoloff of Sigoloff Fine Arts in San Antonio, Texas

A painter of realistic landscapes reflecting a vanishing wilderness in America, Robert Wood traveled extensively all over the United States, especially in the West, California and Colorado, often in freight cars, and also painted in Mexico and Canada. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, he lived in San Antonio, Texas. He gained a national reputation for his strong colored, dramatic paintings. Wood also gave art lessons, and one of his students was Porfirio Salinas.