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William Lester

William Lewis Lester (1910 - 1991) was active/lived in Texas.  William Lester is known for Surreal landscape, figure-genre.

The following is from Paul Lester, son of the artist, and he credits the Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu):

William Lewis Lester, painter and art teacher, was the son of John Lewis and Mildred Matilda (Padgett) Lester, was born in Graham, Texas, on August 20, 1910. He had nine sisters. He moved to Dallas with his family in 1924 and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School there in 1929.

He then studied at the Dallas Art Institute with Thomas M. Stell, Jr., and Olin H. Travis, while associating with other young artists, including Alexandre Hogue, Jerry Bywaters, Otis M. Dozier, Everett Spruce, and Perry Nichols, among others. (See also DALLAS NINE.)

He was an active member of the Dallas Artists League beginning with its formation in 1932. During the Great Depression era, the members formed a nucleus of artists who led in the development of a Texas Regionalist style. At the time, Dallas was one of the strongest and most dynamic centers of the r   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6075 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for William Lester available:    Everett Spruce,  Otis Dozier,  De Forrest Judd,  Florence Elliott (White) McClung,  Jerry Bywaters,  Frank Earl Klepper,  Perry Nichols,  Merritt Mauzey,  Charles Taylor Bowling,  Edward Eisenlohr,  Morris Walton Leader,  Alexandre Hogue,  Michael Frary,  Kelly Fearing,  Loren Mozley,  Bror Alexander Utter,  Frank Reaugh,  Olin Herman Travis,  Coreen Spellman,  Robert Ormerod Preusser,  Harry Carnohan,  Eloise Polk (EP) McGill,  Tom Lea,  Edmund Daniel Kinzinger