Influential TexansContributors to Fine Arts

and Literature

occupationoc·cu·pa·tion [ok-yuh-pey-shuhn]a person's usual or principal work or

business, especially as a means of earning a livingHer occupation was dentistry.

Roy Bedichek 1878-1959

Served as director of UIL for 22 yearsNaturalist and writer

J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964)

Texas writer - first to gain national attentionMedal of Honor recipient- 1964

Walter Prescott Webb 1888-1963

Educator, author, and historianCompiled the original Handbook of Texas in

1952

Diane Gonzales Bertrand 1956-

Texas-born Hispanic author of stories for children and young adults

Horton Foote 1916-2009

Author and screenwriterWon Academy Awards for to Kill a

Mockingbird and Tender Mercies

Scott Joplin 1867/68-1917

“King of Ragtime”received the Pulitzer Prize for Treemonisha,

the first grand opera by an African American

Elizabet Ney 1833-1907

German born sculptor Work can be found in:

Texas State Capitol in AustinNational Capitol in Washington D.C.Smithsonian Art Museum

Amado Pena, Jr. 1943-

Artisan skilled at capturing the essence of the Southwest with his Hispanic and Native American focus