American Art Collaborative

Hard edges, strong contour lines, and an unsettling directness mark this portrait of Everett Spruce’s twin daughters Alice and Georgia, which won the prestigious Dealey Prize in 1940. Raised in Arkansas, Spruce was brought to Dallas in 1925 by the artist couple Olin and Kathryn Travis. A one-time gallery assistant at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Spruce exhibited at the First National Exhibition of American Art at Rockefeller Center and at the Texas Centennial in 1936. He later taught for years at The University of Texas at Austin.