Julius Woeltz

Julius Edwin Woeltz (1911 – 1956) was an American artist known for his murals and landscapes.[1]

Julius Woeltz
Born	Julius Woeltz 1911 San Antonio, Texas
Died	1956 San Antonio, Texas
Nationality	American
Known for	Landscape art, Murals

Biography

Woeltz was born in San Antonio, Texas, where he first began his art studies under Jose Arpa and alongside Xavier Gonzales.[2] He went on to attend the Academie Julian in France and later the Art Institute of Chicago.[1] In addition to painting, he worked as an art professor for various colleges and universities, including the University of Texas at Austin and Sul Ross State Teachers College where he served as the art director in 1932 and started the summer art colony program.[1][2][3]

Throughout his career, he painted several regional murals, notably a series of large murals in Alpine, Texas as well as six murals for the U.S. Post Office in Amarillo, Texas.[1] These murals tended to depict landscapes and activities of the surrounding region depicted in the Regionalist style popularized by Thomas Hart Benton.[4] He regularly spent time in Mexico studying the muralists there, and appears to have been influenced by Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco.[3]

Several of his works were commissioned and funded by the WPA and The Section.[5][6] In his lifetime, his work was displayed in numerous exhibitions, including the Legion of Honor Museum, the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, and M. Knoedler & Company.[1]

He died in San Antonio, Texas in 1956 and is buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.[1]

Works

• Public Commissioned Works
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  Texas Farm, 1940
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  The Bauxite Mines, 1942
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  Cattle Loading
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  Coronado’s Exploration Party
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  Oil

Coronado’s Exploration Party in the Palo Duro Canyon

References

1. Jennings, David R. "Woeltz, Julius". www.daviddike.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
2. "Julius Woeltz - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Julius Woeltz". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
3. "Transcript of Marfa Mondays Podcast 3: Mary Bones on the Lost Art Colony". www.cmmayo.com. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
4. "Post office mural rooted in Elgin, art history". Elgin Courier. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
5. "Amarillo, Texas WPA Murals by Julius Woeltz". www.texasescapes.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
6. Taylor Smith, Sandra (2016). "ARKANSAS POST OFFICES AND THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT 'S SECTION ART PROGRAM,1938-1942". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Retrieved 2017-04-04.