The Cable Ranch House [Greeting Card]
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The Cable Ranch House [Greeting Card]Description
Warren Hunter signed #4/20 Cable House greeting card. Etching by Warren Hunter, commissioned by the Southwest Research Institute.Context
The Cable Ranch House, elaborate in its woodwork and impressive on its hilltop site west of San Antonio, enjoyed two periods of distinction. Built in the mid-1880s by the socially prominent family of Illinois railroad magnate Philader L. Cable, it was for many years a showplace. Half a century later, Thomas Baker Slick, Jr.,, acquired the Cable property as part of the Essar Ranch. In 1947, the ranch house became the first headquarters of the newly founded Southwest Research Institute and, before it yielded to time, served as home for a number of functions during the organization's first three decades. Artist John Warren Hunter, son of J. Marvin Hunter, was born in Kimble County and known for his scenic depictions of Texas. A 1923 graduate of Bandera High School, he soon began printing the Harper Herald with his wife Lora. After attending the Chicago Art Institute and serving in cartographic services during World War II, he opened the Hunter School of Art in San Antonio. He also taught at the San Antonio Art Institute, becoming dean in 1950. Many of his works, including woodblock and linoleum prints, paintings, commercial illustrations and copper etchings, have been widely collected and displayed in such places as the Smithsonian Institution, White House, Alamo, and San Jacinto Monument.Category
Architecture
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