West Texas Landscape - Mission, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 26° 12.937 W 098° 19.460
14R E 567496 N 2899737
An oil-on-canvas mural by Xavier Gonzales, a native of Spain. Work commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and was completed in 1942. Originally hung in the Mission Post Office. Now displayed in a museum.
Waymark Code: WMQ4C5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member silverquill
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Mural depicts a Texas Ranger resting by the Rio Grande. There is a village of adobe buildings across the river. He is standing next to his horse near a barb wire fence. There is a cow skull at the right of the man and in the background are some loose mustangs.
City: Mission

Location Name: Mission Historical Museum

Artist: Xavier Gonzalez

Date: 1942

Media: Oil on Canvas

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