Texas and the Italian Renaissance

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Many people know Tom Lea as the Texas artist of famous Post Office murals throughout the state. Most do not know that those murals, and other works by Lea, reflect a classical influence — the works of art of great Italian Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca. Join art historian Luciano Cheles for an international take on this traditional Texas artist.

 

Images courtesy of Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin. Gift of C.R. Smith, 1976. Photograph by Rick Hall. 

Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors/military/students (with valid ID) and $9 for youths age 17 and under.