Webb Gallery's Outsider Art Champions Return to New York Fair with Texas Discoveries
Julie and Bruce Webb, who established the Webb Gallery in Waxahachie, Texas, are set to return to the Outsider Art Fair in New York City. Their gallery, which spans 10,000 square feet and has been open since 1987, draws in collectors such as David Byrne and St. Vincent. They will showcase artworks by Reverend L.T. Thomas, Tom Burleson, and Reverend Johnny Swearingen, among others. Reverend Thomas, a Calvert, Texas native born in 1904, produced drawings with colored pencils and ballpoint pens, featuring figures like Clyde Barrow. The Webbs championed his work until he passed away in 1995 and contributed fifty of his pieces to the Collection de l'Art Brut in 1998. Tom Burleson, born in Waxahachie in 1914, created detailed designs inspired by his aerospace career. Additionally, mid-career artist Esther Pearl Watson draws from childhood journals for her acrylic paintings.
Key facts
- Webb Gallery was founded in 1987 by artists Julie and Bruce Webb in Waxahachie, Texas.
- The gallery is 10,000 square feet and features a red, yellow, and blue cast-iron storefront.
- Collectors of the gallery's Outsider art include David Byrne and St. Vincent.
- Reverend L.T. Thomas was born in Calvert, Texas in 1904 and died in 1995.
- In 1998, the Webbs donated fifty of Thomas's works to Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Tom Burleson was born in Waxahachie in 1914 and died in 1997.
- Esther Pearl Watson teaches at the Art Center College of Design in California.
- A painting by Watson is installed at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas until May 2016.
Entities
Artists
- Michelle Mackey
- Julie Webb
- Bruce Webb
- Reverend Thomas
- Tom Burleson
- Reverend Johnny Swearingen
- Hector Alonso Benavides
- Robert Adale Davis
- William S. Burroughs
- Reverend L.T. Thomas
- Bonnie Parker
- Frederick Douglass
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- Clyde Barrow
- James Siena
- Franz Ackermann
- Rube Goldberg
- Esther Pearl Watson
- Mark
- Rick Rubin
- Johnny Cash
Institutions
- Webb Gallery
- Outsider Art Fair
- Collection de l'Art Brut
- Bell Helicopter
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
- Art Center College of Design
- Bust Magazine
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art
- NASA
Locations
- Waxahachie
- Texas
- Dallas
- New York City
- Calvert
- Fort Worth
- San Jose
- California
- Lausanne
- Switzerland
- Los Angeles