Art at the Library

Portrait 1Portrait 2
Paintings of Mr. And Mrs. J. J. Culbertson, who donated the land and financed $50,000 for  the building of the Paris Public Library.

 

Bywaters Painting 3Bywaters Painting 1
Davie Crockett painted by Jerry Bywaters.John Chisum painted by Jerry Bywaters.


Bywaters Painting 4 Bywaters Painting 2
Reconstruction painted by Jerry Bywaters.The fire of 1916 painted by Jerry Bywaters.


Bywaters self portrait
Jerry Bywaters self portrait. Bywaters was an American artist, university professor, museum director, art critic and a historian of the Texas region. 


Biggers Painting
Painting by John T. Biggers, an African-American muralist who came to prominence after the 
Harlem Renaissance and toward the end of World War II.

Irby Brown- Morning Break 1980
Morning Break by Irby Brown 1980

 “Jose Cisneros sketches - a collection of 21 sketches from the book “The Red River Valley: Then and Now” by former Paris News Editor A.W. Neville, published in 1948.
 Jose Cisneros sketches 2 Jose Cisneros sketches 1
Jose Cisneros sketches 3Jose Cisneros sketches 4
Jose Cisneros sketches 5Jose Cisneros sketches 6
Jose Cisneros sketches 7Jose Cisneros sketches 8
Jose Cisneros sketches 9Jose Cisneros sketches 10
2244FC37-CCF5-4B2F-943C-C0DEB0C7CC8AJose Cisneros sketches 11
Jose Cisneros sketches 12Jose Cisneros sketches 13
Jose Cisneros sketches 14Jose Cisneros sketches 15
Jose Cisneros sketches 16Jose Cisneros sketches 16
Jose Cisneros sketches 17Jose Cisneros sketches 18
Jose Cisneros sketches 19Jose Cisneros sketches 19
Jose Cisneros sketches 20Jose Cisneros sketches 20
Jose Cisneros sketches 21Jose Cisneros sketches 22