Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Warren, Melvin C. |
Born |
03/19/1920 |
Birthplace |
Los Angeles, California |
Places of residence |
Born in Los Angeles, California in 1920. Lived on ranches in California, Arizona, and New Mexico Settled in Texas in 1934. |
Education |
Attended high school in Seymour, texas joined the Air Force during World War II entered Texas Christian University in 1952 and graduated with a degree in Fine Arts after becoming a pupil of Samuel P. Ziegler |
Notes |
Melvin Charles Warren (March 19, 1920-August 4, 1995) For western art to achieve the distinction of fine art, it must first satisfy an artistic criteria and only then deal with the particularity of western subject matter. Melvin Warren understands this concept. His work is an accomplished artistic statement that also presents images which are faithful to western reality. Warren was born in California in 1920 and lived in Arizona and New Mexico before coming to Texas at the age of fourteen. He has seen the beauty and felt the lure of the Southwest and it stimulated his boyhood desire to be an artist. After service in World War II, Warren entered Texas Christian University and received a degree in fine arts. During the day, he worked in the best tradition of commercial art work, and in the evenings he painted out the western fantasies that crowded his mind. These paintings and the process of creating them encouraged Warren to seek a gallery outlet. The subtle sensitivity to his subject matter and an obvious control of the technical elements of painting made his work readily acceptable to a broad range of collectors. He became a special favorite of Lyndon Johnson who ultimately acquired many Warren oils. Melvin C. Warren is buried at Clifton Memorial Park, Clifton, Bosque County, Texas. The artist was born in Los Angeles, California in 1920. He died in Clifton, Texas in 1995. The artist lived as a child on ranches throughout California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. He served in the Air Force during WWII. __________________ Warren earned a degree in Fine Art from Texas Christian University in 1952 and also studied under Samuel Ziegler. His palette emphasizes earth tones -browns, reds, yellows. His subject matter emphasizes the history of the West - cattle trails and frontier forts. He was a member of the Cowboy Artists of America. His work is extensively exhibited at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and is housed at the LBJ Library in Austin. Melvin Warren was born on March 19, 1920. He joined the United States Air Force and later graduated from Texas Christian University. Warren worked on a ranch in Baylor County, Texas, where he became a painter of the American West, especially cowboys. From 1968 to 1995, he was a member of the Cowboy Artists of America, from which he won a gold medal. He also designed statues, like the miniature deer bronzes he did for governors at the 1974 Southern Governors' Conference. President Lyndon B. Johnson collected his artwork. Warren died in 1995. Warren devoted his life to Western Art and put emphasis on the use of earth colors throughout his series on historical cattle trails and Texas frontier forts. |
Occupation |
Sculptor Painter Commercial Artist |
Deceased |
08/04/1995 |
Deceased where |
Clifton, Texas |
