That’s how she learned that the painting that her family nearly gave away was the work of San Antonio artist Julian Onderdonk, a celebrated American impressionist sometimes called the father of ...

Nearly 100 years after it came into their family, the Brinkleys are hoping someone from the Lone Star State will appreciate Julian Onderdonk’s 1921 painting “A Field of Bluebonnets, ...

"It was a family heirloom all these years," said ... "We have gotten over $100,000 for smaller bluebonnet paintings by Julian Onderdonk, but I like to keep expectations low all around.

The artwork, an original Julian Onderdonk oil painting from 1921 titled A Field ... This twelve-by-sixteen canvas had been in Brinkley’s family for generations, though it was at one point ...

In “Julian Onderdonk in New York: The Lost Years, the Lost Paintings,” a book published ... Cecilia Steinfeldt's book about the Onderdonk family and the microfilmed archives of her research ...

The family saved the artwork at the last minute. After recently doing some digging, they learned the painting was an original by Onderdonk during his prime. "It was a family heirloom all these ...

While at the Art Institute, he studied painting but later turned to sculpture, focusing largely on three-dimensional abstract forms. Mr. Onderdonk worked as director of children’s education at ...

DALLAS — In a new exhibit of the work of Texas landscape painter Julian Onderdonk, a cavernous room holds variations on the subject matter for which he was best-known: bluebonnets. The room ...