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| The Dallas Central Centennial Exposition of 1936 Two of Allie Tennant's sculptural works are associated with the Central Centennial Exposition at Dallas: the Tejas Warrior located above the entrance to the Hall of State and the mural at the Dallas Aquarium. The Tejas Warrior appears on the cover of Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas, the book that is the subject around which this blog is oriented. The centennial exposition at Dallas attracted world-wide attention. President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the fair grounds in June of 1936, making a speech from the center field of the Cotton Bowl stadium. Promoters of the Central Centennial Exposition at Dallas made a sound motion picture highlighting the proceedings of the fair. Thanks to the resources of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, that film is now available online for free viewing. |
This blog deals with life of Allie Tennant as presented in the book "Allie Victoria Tennant and the Visual Arts in Dallas" published in 2015 by the Texas A&M University Press. Tennant was a Dallas sculptor who lived from 1892 until 1971. She was an accomplished artist who belonged to the Regionalist school of artistic expression. Tennant was also active as a promoter of the visual arts in the city. This volume is the first biography ever written about her.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Texas Centennial Highlights (1936)
