An Inventory of His Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Huddle, William Henry,
1847-1892
Title:
William Henry Huddle Art
Collection
Dates:
1870s-1890s
Extent:
13 items
Abstract:
The works of William Henry Huddle
consist of portrait, self-portrait, and landscape paintings.
Call Number:
Art Collection AR-00127
Language:
English
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William H. Huddle was born in Wytheville, Virginia, on 12 February 1847. He served
in
the Confederate Army and after the Civil War settled in Paris, Texas to work in
his
father's gunsmith shop. Huddle studied painting in Virginia with his cousin, Flavius
Fisher, a portraitist in Washington D.C., and in New York at the National Academy
of
Design before establishing a painting studio in Austin, Texas in 1876. Huddle
traveled to Munich to further hone his portrait painting skills in anticipation
of
commissions from the Texas legislature. Huddle is largely known for his portraits
of
Texas governors, politicians, and depictions of the Texas war of independence
and
the battle of San Jacinto. Many of these paintings are displayed at the Texas
State
Capitol. Huddle married artist Nannie Zenobia Carter in 1889. He died in Austin
on
23 March 1892.
Sources:
Handbook of Texas Online, Sam D. Ratcliffe, "Huddle,
William Henry," accessed August 21, 2017,
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhu05.
Scope and Contents
The works in the William Henry Huddle Art Collection consist of portraits of himself,
family members, friends, and Texas political figures.
Related Material
Works by William H. Huddle's wife, Nannie Z. Huddle (1860-1951), can be found in the
Kelly H. Stevens Art Collection (AR-00264) and the Elisabet Ney Art Collection
(AR-00193). Works include oil and watercolor paintings of Austin, Texas landscapes,
and sculptures in plaster and clay of friends and family members. There are also
seven paintings by William Huddle in the Kelly H. Stevens Art Collection.
