“From Under a Mesquite Tree”

An Artist’s Life on the Texas Plains
by Frank Reaugh
as told to Lucretia Donnell
Edited by Gardner Smith and Robert Reitz
Published by Sun and Shadow Press

$40
 

  Edited by Gardner Smith and Robert Reitz. Late in his life Frank Reaugh dictated his autobiography to one of his favorite students, Lucretia Donnell. In this book Mr. Reaugh reveals details of his life never before revealed, including an account of his studies in Europe in 1888 and 1889. Illustrated with reproductions of Frank Reaugh paintings from the collection of Lucretia Donnell, nearly all of them never before shown in print. The book also includes a collection of the photographs of Frank Reaugh. Index. 137 pp. plus 101 color plates.

“Winged Clouds and Cobalt Skies”

The 1930’s Frank Reaugh Sketch Trip Diaries
of Lucretia Donnell
Edited by Gardner Smith and Robert Reitz
Published by Sun and Shadow Press

$40
 

  Edited by Gardner Smith and Robert Reitz. Contains fi ve sketch trip diaries of the annual Frank Reaugh trips to West Texas in the 1930s written by one of his best students, Lucretia Donnell. Also contains a series of letters from Frank Reaugh to Lucretia. Index. 126 pp. plus 120 color plates, which includes reproductions of paintings of Lucretia Donnell, her mother, and Frank Reaugh, all made on these trips; also a collection of photographs and some charming line drawings that appeared in the diaries. The second edition includes the diary of Lucretia’s 2005 sketch trip to West Texas with photos and paintings.

“Absent Friend”

A Frank Reaugh Letterbook
Edited by Gardner Smith and Robert Reitz
Published by Sun and Shadow Press

$22

  Includes letters written to Frank Reaugh by his students and mother while he was in Paris in 1888 and 1889; also letters from Frank Reaugh to his mother. Also included is a sampling of the correspondence between Mr. Reaugh and Oscar Griffith. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles and a few period postcards

105 pp. plus 33 color plates

“The Trans-Llano Landscape Association
Frank Reaugh In The Press”

Edited and annotated by
Gardner Smith and Robert Reitz
Published by Sun and Shadow Press

$23

  A large collection of press clippings from 1895 to 1996, with an extensive bibliography of Frank Reaugh and related Southwestern American artists, including the Dallas Nine.

142 pp. Illustrated. Bibliography, pp. 119-135. Index.

“In Considerable Style”

The Sketch Trips of Frank Reaugh
Edited by Gardner Smith and Robert Reitz
Published by Sun and Shadow Press

$35

  Includes the text and images of the Frank Reaugh sketch trips of 1894, 1905, 1911, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, and 1933. These include Mr. Reaugh’s trips to the Grand Canyon, Acoma, the Big Bend, and Oklahoma, as well as the more familiar West Texas landscape. Illustrations include photographs by Frank Reaugh, reproductions of his sketches, three maps, and a collection of picture postcards. Index.

117 pp. plus 81 plates, some in color.

“Cirrus and Shadows”

Edited by Gardner Smith and Robert Reitz
Published by Sun and Shadow Press

$25

  A Frank Reaugh miscellany which includes an annotated catalog of 938 Reaugh paintings, and a collection of important documents, including Mr. Reaugh’s Last Will and Testament. Two rare Frank Reaugh pamphlets are reprinted: Biographical (1936) and Twenty-Four Hours with the Herd (1934).

Illustrated. Index.

“A Sketch in Time”

By Virginia Goerner
Edited by Virginia Howard and Gardner Smith.
Published by Sun and Shadow Press

$22

  Virginia Goerner and her sister Anna Esta were students of Frank Reaugh. IIllustrated with a painting by Virginia made on the trip, photos of the girls, color photos of scenes on the trip made in 2003, and some contemporary postcard views of scenes. Front cover is a reproduction of a hitherto unknown Frank Reaugh painting in the collection of a descendent of Virginia Goerner. Virginia Howard is the daughter of Anna Esta Goerner.

74 pp. plus 29 plates.