TRANSFERWARE WORLDWIDE LECTURE SERIES - Texian Campaigne and other Transfer-printed Wares at Bayou Bend

Thursday 1PM EDT

Title: Texian Campaigne and other Transfer-printed Wares at Bayou Bend

Speaker: Bradley Brooks, Curator, Bayou Bend Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Description: Ima Hogg (1882-1975), daughter of James Stephen Hogg, the first native-born governor of Texas, lived for a time in the Texas governor’s mansion in Austin. The experience helped shape her appreciation for both antiques and history. In the early 1920s, she began to collect American antiques, including glass, ceramics, and furniture. Later in the decade, she embarked on the construction of Bayou Bend in Houston, which would be her home until the 1960. As her collection grew, Miss Hogg resolved that she would establish a museum. She made gifts of her home and collection to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Bayou Bend opened to the public in 1966. This presentation will explore Miss Hogg’s interest in transfer-printed ceramics, with emphasis on the Texian Campaigne pattern.