12 Facts About Frank Reaugh

Many of Frank Reaugh's paintings are held by the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon.

Charles Franklin Reaugh, known as Frank Reaugh, was an American artist, photographer, inventor, patron of the arts, and teacher, who was called the "Dean of Texas Painters".

Frank Reaugh worked in both pastels and oil paints and was a prolific artist, producing more than 7,000 known works.

Frank Reaugh was active in the Society of Western Artists.

Frank Reaugh was born in 1860 near Jacksonville, the seat of Morgan County in west central Illinois, to George Washington Frank Reaugh, who had worked as a miner in the California gold rush, and the former Clarinda Morton Spilman.

Frank Reaugh, moved with his parents and family in 1876 to Terrell in Kaufman County east of Dallas.

Frank Reaugh was inspired by these drives: riding horseback next to a huge herd of cattle, seeing wild birds and animals, and traveling through a wide variety of landscapes.

Frank Reaugh concentrated on small plein air pastel sketches of the iconic Texas Longhorn, a subject he found challenging to portray.

Frank Reaugh served on the board of directors for the Limacon Pump Company in Dallas.

For many years, Frank Reaugh led groups of art students on sketching expeditions throughout West Texas, ranging into New Mexico and Arizona.

Frank Reaugh taught briefly at Baylor University, and gave illustrated lectures in the art department of Texas Christian University.

Frank Reaugh championed the creation of the Dallas Museum of Art in the early twentieth century.