biography of Julian Robert ONDERDONK (1882-1922)

Birth place: San Antonio, TX

Death place: San Antonio

Addresses: San Antonio

Profession: Landscape painter

Studied: his father, Robert (see entry); Shinnecock, with Chase, 1901; ASL, with Henri, DuMond, Cox, 1901.

Exhibited: NAD, 1922.

Member: SC, 1913; Allied AA; Dallas A. Assn.; San Antonio A. Lg.

Work: Dallas Art Assn.; San Antonio Art Lg.; Fort Worth Mus. Art; Houston FA; Dallas MFA; Fort Worth AA; Houston MFA; priv. colls.

Comments: Known as the painter of the bluebonnets (wildflowers) of Texas, some of his Eastern scenes are preserved as well. Son of Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (see entry), who had also been a student of Wm. Chase's.

Sources: WW21; P&H Samuels, 353; Pisano, The Students of William M. Chase, 21.