Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción del Socorro Mission [Greeting Card]
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Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción del Socorro Mission [Greeting Card]Description
Southwest Research Institute commissioned this Warren Hunter etching of the Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción del Socorro Mission. This greeting card is signed on the bottom: "2/14 Nuestra Señora del Socorro, El Paso, Texas Warren Hunter."Context
This mission was built shortly after Ysleta. The present structure is located (some twenty miles from El Paso) about half a mile from the original location. The vagrant Rio Bravo has washed most of it away. The four-foot adobe walls are gone, but the vigas, the original beams, are preserved. They are colorful with carved painted flowers joined by a leafy vine, a modification of the Pueblo Indians main cloud symbol. As at Ysleta, they hold up the long flat roof. Artist John Warren Hunter (1903-93), 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
Spanish Dominion
Becoming Texas, Bullock Museum