biografia di Joe Ruiz GRANDEE (1929-2021)

Birth place: Dallas, TX

Addresses: Arlington, TX, through at least 1976

Profession: Painter, art gallery director

Studied: Aunspaugh Art School, Dallas, c.1947.

Exhibited: Custer Exhib., Amon Carter Mus. Western Art, Fort Worth, TX, 1968; solos: Montana Historical Soc. Mus., Great Falls, 1964, Los Angeles Music Center, 1966, Norton Art Gallery Mus., Shreveport, LA, 1971 & El Paso (TX) Mus. Fine Art, 1972; Texas Ranger Mus. Show, Waco, TX, 1972. Awards: U.S. Marine-special award plaque, U.S. Marine 4th Div., 1969; he was honored at special Grandee Day" in Arlington, by the City of Arlington & Mayor, 1969; named first official artist of Texas, Texas Legislature 7 Gov., 1971."

Work: Cowboy Hall of Fame; Custer Battlefield Nat. Mon.; White House, Washington, DC; Xavier Univ. Mus., Cincinnati, OH; Montana State Hist. Soc. Mus., Great Falls; Marine Corps Mus., Quantico, VA; Univ. Texas, Arlington. Commissions: Twenty Mules of Death Valley, U.S. Borax Co., Hollywood, CA, 1965. Commissions: Linda Bird & Chuck Robb Official Portrait, Pres. (Lyndon B. Johnson) Family & Friends, 1967; portrait of Johnny Carson, Rudy Tellez, assoc. producer NBC, NYC, 1967; portrait of Robert Taylor, U.S. Borax Co. for Robert Taylor, Hollywood, CA, 1968; Leander H. McNelly, Texas Ranger, Texas Rangers, East Wing of White House, Washington, DC, 1972.

Comments: Positions: owner, Joe Grandee Gallery & Mus. Old West. Grandee opened his own gallery to display his paintings, drawing & sculpture works, and to exhibit historical artifacts. Research: Ruizeem water medium. Publications: illustrator, Indian Wars of Texas, 1965; illustrator, Pictorial History of the Texas Rangers, 1969; illustrator, The Grand Duke Alexis in the USA, 1972; illustrator, The Life of Jim Baker (Mountain Man) 1818-1898, 1972; contributor, Cowboy Series," Time-Life Books, 1972. "

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