Tom Lea: Western Beef Cattle

Tom Lea: Western Beef Cattle

A series of rarely exhibited paintings by the late El Paso artist Tom Lea (Dallas Museum of Art, gift of LIFE Magazine) are on display in the permanent gallery of the new Emmett & Miriam McCoy building.

Round Up Time: Branding a Calf, 1945-1946, Oil on canvas covered masonite, 20” x 33.75”, Tom Lea, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of LIFE Magazine, 1950.32

Beef Steer in Feed Lot, 1945-1946, Oil on canvas covered masonite, 18″ x 32″, Tom Lea, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of LIFE Magazine, 1950.39