Artist - J. Cisneros (b. 1910)
Place of Birth: Villa Ocampo, Mexico
History: “Cisneros was born in Villa Ocampo, Mexico in 1910. There he received some schooling in El Valle de Allende before traveling to Ciudad Juarez in 1925. Although largely self taught, Cisneros crossed the Rio Grande to attend the Lydia Patterson Institute in El Paso, Texas.”
Description of Work:“Jose Cisneros has been described as a leading historical illustrator of the Southwest. Although a painter, wood carver, writer and muralist, his primary focus was recording through illustration the history of the Southwest border region. His remarkable horses and horsemen were the subject of a 1984 book from Texas Western Press, Riders Across the Centuries, a book among the Press’ all time best selling productions.”
(Sources: AskArt.com and Jose Cisneros: An Artist’s Journey by John O. West)
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Artist - C. Kistenmacher (1914 – 2004)
Place of Birth: Paris, Texas
History: Charles affectionately known as “Chile” graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Civil Engineering. While at the university, Charles was a member of the varsity golf team and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Upon his marriage to Eugenia Crook of Paris, Texas, who he was married to for 66 years, the couple moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he supervised construction of Scoffield Barracks at Pearl Harbor for Robert E. McKee General Contractor Inc. The couple moved to El Paso after brief stays in Solvang, California, and Ogden, Utah. After more than 35 years of service, Charles retired from Robert E. McKee General Contractors Inc. as senior vice president and head of the home office.
Although an avid golfer for many years, upon retirement he devoted his time to becoming an accomplished artist. His pursuit of perfection resulted in many awards at local, regional and national art shows. A small sampling of his work is presently on display in the Heritage Gallery at the El Paso International Museum of Art. Charles has no formal art training, but was fortunate to study with some of the finest painters in the country.
Some of these are Sergei Bongart, Don Stone, James Godwin Scott, Edgar Whitney, Ken Gore, Paul Strisik, Charles Reid, Zoltan Szabo, Tony van Hasselt, William Reese, Millard Sheet and others, including Frank Webb.
He was a member of Rio Bravo Watercolorists, West Texas Watercolor Society, Southwestern Watercolor Society, EPAA and National Watercolor Society (Associate). He was a past President of Rio Bravo Watercolorists.
His paintings are various corporate and private collections. They were recently featured at the El Paso International Museum of Art during the month of June, 2005, and several rooms are currently devoted to his work.
Ten paintings have been donated to the Museum to be featured as part of a permanent, traveling collection.
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Artist - T.C. Hibino (1923 – 2000)
Place of Birth: Gifu, Japan
History: “Hibino was reared on a farm near Gifu, Japan, where he graduated from a teachers college. He taught in Gifu, then came to California. For a time he operated a curio shop in Phoenix, Arizona.
En route to mexico, where he intended to settle, he stopped to visit a friend in El Paso who operated a dry cleaning shop. Hibino joined him as a partner and eventually became sole proprieter of the Japanese Cleaning Works. At night and on weekends, Hibino pursued his interest in painting, taking lessons from a youthful Fremont Ellis. Hibino specialized in landscapes painted with a palette knife.”
Exhibitions: Annual Texas Artists Exhibition, Fort Worth (1932); Early El Paso Artists, El Paso Centennial Museum (1981).
(Source: John and Deborah Powers, Texas Painters, Sculptors, and Graphic Artists)
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Artist- L. Woods Teel, Sr. (1883 - 1960)
Place of Birth: Clarksville, Texas
History: “Lewis Teel came to El Paso with his family around 1889 from Clarksville, Texas, and at one time worked as a railroad engineer. In his 20’s he became interested in painting the desrt, working in pastel, painting portraits of the Southwest.
Heavily influenced by Audley Dean Nicols realistic style, Teel’s desert landscapes were in early San Antonio exhibitions, as well as those in Los Angeles, Baltimore and El Paso. He was said to depict on canvas in both pastel and oils, the spirit of the Southwestern desert and mountains. in 1925 he had an exhibit of Big Bend landscapes, and in 1932 and 1933m his works toured the state for the Federation of Women’s Clubs of Texas; he often painted on the textured side of masonite, a very unusual technique. In 1935 he became a member of the recently formed far Southwest Artists Organization and he also was a member of Salmagundi Club of New York, the National Society of Arts and Letters, the El Paso Art Guild, and the El Paso Art Association. In the late 1920’s he showed a painting in the coveted Edgar B. Davis Exhibition featuring “Texas Wildflowers and Scenes of Life of the South and Southwest” (sometimes called the Davis Wildflowers Competition). Beginning in 1937 he exhibited paintings at Crouse Galleries, until a fire destroyed it; he graciously told the owner, “Don’t worry, I can paint more.” Throughout his life Teel continuously exhibited in El Paso Woman’s Club shows and in those of various El Paso art organizations. While in El Paso he lived at 4400 Cumberland Street.”
(Source: Guide to Early El Paso Artists by Carol Price Miller and Holly Thurston Cox)
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