Influential TexansContributors to Fine Arts
and Literature
occupationoc·cu·pa·tion [ok-yuh-pey-shuhn]a person's usual or principal work or
business, especially as a means of earning a livingHer occupation was dentistry.
Roy Bedichek 1878-1959
Served as director of UIL for 22 yearsNaturalist and writer
J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964)
Texas writer - first to gain national attentionMedal of Honor recipient- 1964
Walter Prescott Webb 1888-1963
Educator, author, and historianCompiled the original Handbook of Texas in
1952
Diane Gonzales Bertrand 1956-
Texas-born Hispanic author of stories for children and young adults
Horton Foote 1916-2009
Author and screenwriterWon Academy Awards for to Kill a
Mockingbird and Tender Mercies
Scott Joplin 1867/68-1917
“King of Ragtime”received the Pulitzer Prize for Treemonisha,
the first grand opera by an African American
Elizabet Ney 1833-1907
German born sculptor Work can be found in:
Texas State Capitol in AustinNational Capitol in Washington D.C.Smithsonian Art Museum
Amado Pena, Jr. 1943-
Artisan skilled at capturing the essence of the Southwest with his Hispanic and Native American focus
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