Bill Condon
Bill Condon
Bill Condon Description
William J. (BILL) CONDON (1923–1998)
Born in Houston, Texas, Bill Condon earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Rice Institute and assumed a position at the firm of Broesche and Condon Associates. Moonlighting as an artist while continuing his practice in architecture, Condon excelled as both a printmaker and a painter.
Selected Biographical and Career Highlights
- 1923 Born in Houston, Texas
- Served in U.S. military
- 1949 BA, Architecture, Rice University, Houston, Texas
- Broesche and Condon Associates
- 1998 Died in Houston, Texas
Selected Prizes, Awards
· Houston Annual: Purchase Prize 1959; Cash Prize 1954; Materials Prize 1955 (March); Honorable Mention 1960
- 1954 Cash Prize, West Dallas Avenue, ink resist drawing
- 1955 (March) Materials Prize, West Dallas, mono-print
- 1959 Purchase Prize, Rice Institute #4, mixed media
- 1960 Honorable Mention, San Gimignano #2, mixed media
· Southwestern Prints and Drawings: Purchase Prize 1958
- 1958 Purchase Prize, Railroad Signals, silk screen
Selected Exhibitions
· 1954 29th Annual Exhibition of Work by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (cash prize)
· 1955 30th Annual Exhibition of Work by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (materials prize)
· 1955 31st Annual Exhibition of Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
· 1956 18th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1956-1957, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin; Museum, Texas Tech, Lubbock, Texas
· 1956 Gulf-Caribbean Art Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado (catalogue)
· 1956 6th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, traveled to: Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana; Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, Texas; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Texas Tech College Museum, Lubbock; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; University of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Oklahoma A&M College, Stillwater
· 1957 7th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
· 1957 7th Annual Houston Post Easter Art Exhibit, Houston Art League Building, Houston, Texas
· 1957 32nd Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
· 1958 8th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas (purchase prize)
· 1958 Texas Oil ’58, A Salute to the Oil Industry of the State by Texas Painters, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, traveled to: Bank of the Southwest, Houston; Dallas Public Library, Dallas; Republic National Bank of Dallas, Texas (catalogue)
· 1958 33rd Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
· 1959 Made in Texas by Texans, Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art, Sheraton-Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas (catalogue)
· 1959 34th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (purchase prize)
· 1959 21st Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1959-1960, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; Museum, Texas Tech, Lubbock; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
· 1959 Texas Watercolor Society 10th Annual Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas, selection circulated: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
· 1960 35th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (honorable mention)
· 1961 Texas Watercolor Society 12th Annual Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas; selection circulated: Junior League, Galveston, A&M University, College Station; Dallas Public Library, Dallas; A&I College, Kingsville, Gates Gallery, Port Arthur; Wichita Falls Art Association, Wichita Falls; Waco Art Forum, Waco; Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin; Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas
· 1961 23rd Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1961-1962, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; Museum, Texas Tech, Lubbock, Texas
· 1961-62 11th-12th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
· 1962 24th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1962-1963, circulated: Witte Museum, San Antonio; Centennial Art Museum, Corpus Christi; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
· 1962 The Southwest: Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
· 1963 25th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1963-1964, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Centennial Art Museum, Corpus Christi; Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso; Witte Museum, San Antonio; University of Texas at Austin, Texas
· Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas
· DuBose Gallery, Houston, Texas
· 2004–05 Rice Institute and the Visual Arts in Houston: 1900–1960, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, Texas
· 2006 Houston Art in Houston Collections: Works from 1900 to 1965, Heritage Society Museum, Houston, Texas
· 2007-08 Urban Texas: Changing Images of an Evolving State, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas
· 2008 Founders of Houston Art: Thirty Artists Who Led the Way, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
· 2009 Back to the Future: Elements of “Modern” in Mid-Century Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
· 2009-10 Texas Art Seen, Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
· 2010 Third Anniversary Show: A Tribute to Houston Artists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
· 2010 Three Artists Remembered: Bill Condon, Paul Maxwell, Herb Mears, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
· 2010 Texas Collages: A Tribute to Kurt Schwitters, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
· 2011 Lone Star Modernism: A Celebration of Mid-Century Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
· 2012 A Survey of Texas Modernists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
· 2013 Summer Encore Exhibition, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
· 2014 Houston Founders at City Hall Art Exhibition, City Hall, Houston, Texas
· 2014 A New Visual Vocabulary: Developments in Texas Modernism 1935-1965, One Allen Center, Lobby Gallery, Houston, Texas
· 2015 Bayou City Chic: Progressive Streams of Modern Art in Houston, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas (catalogue)
Selected Public Collections
- Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas