Hans Patriotic [Cover]
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"Hans" Patriotic [Cover]Description
Ink drawing of a burial plot and a cross, with "HANS WAS ALWAYS SLOW AT CATCHING ON!" written below and "2" to the left. Signed "MACHB."Context
Lannie Smith was one of five Texas envelope artists that stand among the best-known envelope artists of the 20th Century – Gladys Adler of Bellaire and her daughter, Florene Edmiston O’Neill of San Antonio; Mrs. R.H. Swartz of Houston; and Dr. Charles Martin of Canyon, Texas. Their work in the 1930s and 1940s highlights a folk-art tradition that dates from the 1850s in England when postage stamps and envelopes were first used. Decorating envelopes was a popular pastime before television when one could listen to the radio and draw at the same time.Category
Texas Folk Art: One-Hundred Fifty Years of the Southwestern Tradition