BOB STUTH-WADE (American b. 1952)

Bob Stuth-Wade was born in 1952 in Norfolk, Virginia, although he later relocated to Texas. Known for his still life and landscape paintings, he took much of his influence from Perry Nichols and Mary Sloan, with whom he studied in his early years. Stuth-Wade relies primarily on oils to depict is naturalist representations of the Texas landscape. Often painting en plein air, he strives to capture the unique environment of the Lone Star State.

Selected Biographical and Career Highlights

• 1953, Born in Norfolk, Virginia (Currently Lives and Works in Dublin, Texas)

• Studied with Perry Nichols and Mary Sloan

• 2006, Artists’ Fellowship Programme, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, North County Mayo, Republic of Ireland

• 2011, Visiting Professor, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

Selected Exhibitions

• 1973, Southwest Painting and Sculpture Exhibit, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas

• 1983, The Art Center 1983 Competition, Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas

• 1985, Texas Visions, Art League of Houston, Texas (traveling exhibition: The Museum of Art of the American West, Houston; Live Oak Art Club, Columbus; Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene; Lufkin Historical and Creative Art Center, Lufkin; Rockport Art Center, Rockport; McAllen International Museum, McAllen; Fort Bend County Museum, Richmond, Texas)

• 1990, Bob Stuth – Wade and Friends, Group Show, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas

• 1992, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, 1972 – 1992, The Art Center, Waco, Texas

• 2006, Shared Visions: Texas Artists Then and Now, curated by Paul Harris (traveling exhibition: Arlington Arts Center, Galveston Art Center, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas)

• 2010, Drawing on the Past: Selections from the Bobbie and John Nau Collection of Texas Art, curated by Judy Tedford Deaton, Chief Curator, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas

• 2011, Bob Stuth-Wade: Landforms, curated by Judy Tedford Deaton, Chief Curator, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas

• 2019 The Texas Aesthetic: Thirty Contemporary Artists Redefining Texas Art, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas

• 2019 State of Contrast, curated by Foltz Fine Art and Kinzelman Art Consulting, Bank of America, Houston, Texas

• 2019 Storied Lands, Contemporaray Texas Landscape Painters, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas

• 2019 Deck the Halls with Texas Smalls, The V6 Collection Gallery at The Gage Hotel, Marathon, Texas, curated by Foltz Fine Art

• 2020 The Texas Aesthetic: Virtual Exhibition, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas

• 2020 Summer Show: Contemporary Texas Regionalists, The V6 Collection Gallery at The Gage Hotel, Marathon, Texas, curated by Foltz Fine Art

• 2021 Contemporary Texas Landscapes, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas

Selected Public Collections

• American General Life Insurance Co., Galveston, Texas

• San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, Texas

• Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P., Houston, Texas

• The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas

• Numerous Corporate and Private Collections

Bob Stuth-Wade

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