H. O. Robertson  (1886-1970)

Horace Oakley Robertson (Am. 1886-1970)

Born in Marion, Illinois, Horace Oakley Robertson was active in Dallas art circles in the 1930’s. He was primarily a self taught painter whose illustrations appeared in several publications, including Ladies Home Journal, Life and London Studios. He was co-owner of a secretarial school in Dallas and a resident of Toledo, Ohio after 1940.

Exhibitions:
Annual Allied Arts Exhibition, Dallas (1930-33, 1935, 1937 purchases prize, 1938, 1940, 1941 award, 1943, 1945 award)
 
Dallas Painters in Oil (1935), Lone Star Regionalism: the Dallas Nine and Their Circle (1985 traveling exhibition), Dallas Museum of Fine Arts

Horace Oakley Robertson (Am. 1886-1970)

Born in Marion, Illinois, Horace Oakley Robertson was active in Dallas art circles in the 1930’s. He was primarily a self-taught painter whose illustrations appeared in several publications, including Ladies Home Journal, Life and London Studios. He was co-owner of a secretarial school in Dallas and a resident of Toledo, Ohio after 1940.

Exhibitions:
Annual Allied Arts Exhibition, Dallas (1930-33, 1935, 1937 purchases prize, 1938, 1940, 1941 award, 1943, 1945 award)
 
Dallas Painters in Oil (1935), Lone Star Regionalism: the Dallas Nine and Their Circle (1985 traveling exhibition), Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
 
Texas Centennial Exposition, Fort Worth (1937)
 
Greater Dallas and Pan-American Exposition, Dallas (1937)
 
Lone Star Printmakers Circuit Exhibition (1938-42)
 
American Art Today Exhibition, New York World’s Fair (1939)
 
Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco (1939-40)
 
Texas-Oklahoma General Exhibition (1941 honorable mention)
 
Southern States Art League Annual Exhibition (1941-42)
 
Annual Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas (1943-44 awards)
 
Texas Panorama Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Art (1943)

American Federation of Arts (1944 traveling exhibition)
 
Texas General exhibition (1944)
 
Philadelphia Art Alliance

Collections:
Dallas Museum of Art.

Affiliations:
Klepper Sketch Club, Dallas
Lone Star Printmakers
Southern States Art League

References:
Falk; Mallett, Supplement.
Stewart, Lone Star Regionalism.
Who’s Who in American Art 2, 3.