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A number of famous writers and playwrights call Texas home. J.
Frank Dobie writings described the richness of the culture of Texas and
the Southwest. His works include Vaquero of the Brush Country
and Coronado's Children, which won the Literary Guild Award for
1931. Other well known Texas writers include Roy
Bedicheck, Katherine
Anne Porter, George
Sessions Perry, William A. Owens, Terry Southern, Larry L.
King and Fred Gipson,
author of Old Yeller. Perhaps Texas�s most famous recent writer is Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry, author of The Last Picture
Show, Terms of Endearment and Lonesome Dove.
Recent Hispanic authors and poets from Texas include Tomas
Rivera and Pat
Mora.
Orchestral music has not garnered the same statewide following as popular
music or sports. Yet, by the 1970s, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Ft. Worth and
Amarillo hosted symphonies. San Antonio, Dallas and Houston also established
acclaimed opera companies. In dance, choreographer Alvin
Ailey founded a world famous dance company.
Visual artists from Texas have also made their mark. Modern
Pop artist Robert
Rauschenberg
was born and raised in Port Arthur. Some
of his works can be seen at the Modern
Art Museum in Fort Worth. Other Texas artists include Jose
Cisneros, Allie Z. Tennant and James
Brooks. Texas has numerous
art
museums, such as the Dallas
Museum of Art and the Kimball Art
Museum in Fort Worth, which have brought in local and
international shows. They attract visitors from all over the state and the
region.
Some of the state�s cities host buildings of architectural acclaim. Ft. Worth�s
Kimball Art Museum was designed by Louis
Kahn, and the Hall of State in Dallas was designed by George
L. Dahl. |
Untitled Work, Robert Rauschenberg Modern Art Museum, Fort
Worth |
