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Charles Franklin Reaugh (December 29, 1860 – May 6, 1945), known as Frank Reagh, was an artist, photographer, inventor, patron of the arts, and teacher, who was called the "Dean of Texas Painters". He devoted his career to the visual documentation in pastel and paint, portraying the vast, still unsettled regions of the Great Plains and the American Southwest. He was active in the Society of Western Artists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=- Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) )〕 ==Early years as budding artist== Reaugh was born to George Washington Reaugh, a miner in the California gold rush, and the former Clarinda Morton Spilman〔 near Jacksonville, the seat of Morgan County in west central Illinois. Reaugh (pronounced RAY), moved with his family in 1876 to Terrell in Kaufman County east of Dallas. The original family name was "Castelreaugh", but the Irish family shortened it to "Reaugh" when they entered the United States. The Reaughs initially made their living in Terrell by planting cotton.〔(Frank Reaugh )〕 Reaugh developed his skills by copying the works of European masters from magazines and from illustrations of larger animals in anatomy books. He studied the writings of naturalists Louis Agassiz and John Burroughs. In the early 1880s, he was invited by the cattlemen brothers Frank and Romie Houston to join them on cattle drives near Wichita Falls in Wichita County south of the Red River.〔 The Houstons may have also provided financial support for Reaugh to further his artistic studies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Frank Reaugh Collection )〕 During the winter of 1884-1885, Reaugh studied at the School of Fine Arts in St. Louis. From 1888 to 1889 he spent time at the Académie Julian in Paris. Here he became interested in pastels at The Louvre museum.〔 Influenced by La Tour and realist Anton Mauve, he also studied Flemish and Dutch paintings in Belgium and the Netherlands, where he was inspired by the work of Paulus Potter.〔Reaugh exhibit at Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas〕 In 1890, the Reaughs moved from Terrell to the Oak Cliff section of Dallas.〔 There, he and his father built a metal studio building in the back yard called "The Iron Shed". Reaugh's works soon gained attention and national recognition through art exhibitions, including showing at the World's Fairs in Chicago (1893) and St. Louis (1904).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Reaugh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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