Allie Tennant

Allie Victoria Tennant (1892 or 1898[1]—1971) was an American sculptor born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas Richard and Allie Virginia Brown Tennant.[2] She worked primarily out of Dallas, Texas,[3] where her most famous work Tejas Warrior was produced for the Hall of State at the Texas Centennial Exposition.

Tejas Warrior, entrance to the Hall of State (1936)

Tennant moved to Dallas as a young child and grew up there. It was in Dallas shere she first started studying art with local painter and teacher Vivian Aunspaugh (1869-1960)[4] In 1927 she moved to New York City, where she studied at the Art Students League with Edward McCartan, and also with George Bridgman. In 1930 she traveled to Europe, where she stayed several years, returning too New York to study with Eugene Steinhof.[5]

During the Great Depression US President Franklin Deleno Roosevelt initiated the New Deal. One of its programs was the Federal Art Projects under which the federal government hired artists, mostly painters and sculptors to create art for a variety of public places, often post offices. For such a program Tennant created three plaster reliefs, "Oil," "Cattle," and "Wheat" for the USPO in Electra, Texas.[6]

Tennant showed at the 1939 New York World's Fair American art exhibition.[7]

Tennant was a member of the National Sculpture Society and taught art at the Art Institute of Dallas[8] and at adult evening education.[9]

She died on December 19, 1971, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Dallas.[10]

Work
The statue underwent extensive restoration in 1990 under Dallas' "Adopt-a-Monument program.[12]

She also has works at:[13]

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References
  1. Hendricks, Patricia D. and Becky Duval Reese, A Century of Sculpture in Texas: 1889-1989, University of Texas, Austin, 1989 p.181
  2. Proske, Beatrice Gilman, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture: Volume II. The Trustees, Brookgreen Gardens, 1955 p. 479
  3. McGlauflin, Alice Coe, ed., Who's Who in American Art 1938-1939 vol.2, The American Federation of Arts, Washington D.C., 1937 p. 518
  4. Cummins, Light T. (2015-07-17). "Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas: Allie Tennant and Vivian Aunspaugh". Allietennant.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  5. Proske, Beatrice Gilman, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture: Volume II. The Trustees, Brookgreen Gardens, 1955pp479-481
  6. Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1984 p.229
  7. Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer, American Women Sculptors, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston 1990 p. 283
  8. Petteys, Chris, "Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900", G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p/691
  9. Proske, p.481
  10. "TENNANT, ALLIE VICTORIA | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)". Tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  11. Hendricks and Reese, p.70
  12. Little, Carol Morris, A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1996 p.166
  13. Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986 p. 927
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