Two other Onderdonk paintings and works by a stellar list of more contemporary regional artists also will be available during Heritage Auction’s Texas Art Signature Auction in Dallas June 29.

Spring has inspired artists from all over the world for generations. The melting away of the cold winter and burgeoning of new life in every corner hints at new beginnings and a fresh start.

If you attend any Texas art show, walk into almost any gallery in Texas, or look on the walls of a good number of Texan homes ...

Julian Onderdonk's "A Field of Bluebonnets, San Antonio, 1921." It is one of the paintings up up for auction June 29.(Heritage Auctions, HA.com) A painting once headed for Goodwill could now sell ...

In the same auction, two other Onderdonk paintings sold for $106,250 and $93,750, respectively. Onderdonk was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1882 and showed artistic talent at a young age ...

That’s how she learned that the painting that her family nearly gave away was the work of San Antonio artist Julian Onderdonk, a celebrated American impressionist sometimes called the ...

“If you’ve ever seen a painting of bluebonnets in Texas, it’s because of Onderdonk,” says Atlee Phillips, the director of Texas art at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. “He made it a genre ...

"We have gotten over $100,000 for smaller bluebonnet paintings by Julian Onderdonk, but I like to keep expectations low all around. Sometimes press and excitement around an item at auction can ...

The Dallas-based David Bates announced his retirement in 2021, and just two years on, it's already easy to feel a sharp pang of nostalgia for one of Texas' most beloved contemporary artists.