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Baylor\u2019s roots in Texas run deep. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas<\/a>\u00a0(seeing that never gets old), Baylor University has been there for many of the iconic moments in the Lone Star State\u2019s history. Thus it\u2019s fitting that paintings of many of the most important moments in Texas history would find their way to Baylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n Through Sept. 21, Baylor\u2019s Martin Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0is host to\u00a0a large collection of paintings by Henry McArdle<\/a>, a former Baylor professor and artist whose works are some of the most recognizable images of Texas history — many of which have found a home in the Texas State Capitol in Austin. \u201cHenry A. McArdle: Texas Painter, Patriot, and Baylor Professor<\/a>\u201d is the largest collection of McArdle’s works ever to be shown together. The exhibit includes two works regularly on display at the State Capitol, including a painting\u00a0of Stephen F. Austin that has never before left the Capitol’s grounds.<\/p>\n McArdle’s ascension to a place among\u00a0the most recognizable painters of Texana began\u00a0at Baylor, where he served from\u00a01871-85. Baylor president William Carey Crane recommended his professor\u2019s work to the governor, who was seeking decor for the then brand-new Texas Capitol, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n You may not know it, but there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ve already seen some of his paintings around Baylor. The iconic portraits of our first five presidents<\/a>\u00a0(as well as Judge R.E.B. Baylor<\/a>) were all painted by McArdle, who went on to paint well-known works like \u201cDawn at the Alamo<\/a>\u201d and \u201cLee at the Wilderness<\/a>.\u201d Take a look and see if you recognize some of McArdle\u2019s most famous works<\/a>, then go check them out at Baylor\u2019s Martin Museum.<\/p>\n Sic \u2019em, Martin Museum of Art and Henry McArdle!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Baylor\u2019s roots in Texas run deep. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas\u00a0(seeing that never gets old), Baylor University has been there for many of the iconic moments in the Lone Star State\u2019s history. Thus it\u2019s fitting that paintings of many of the most important moments in Texas history would find their way to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}