Frank Reaugh

Reaugh worked small. According to Wikipedia, he concentrated on little plein-air pastel sketches of Longhorns, produced more than seven thousand works and made his own art materials and tools. He studied in St. Louis in the winter of 1884-85 and at the Academie Julian in Paris from 1888, where pastels caught his interest at the Louvre. He also patented a rotary pump. He opened an art school in Dallas in 1897 and led students on sketching trips through West Texas into New Mexico and Arizona. Several went on to prominence, among them members of the Dallas Nine.

What the plaque says

Frank Reaugh (December 29, 1860 - May 6, 1945) Graphic historian of Longhorn cattle, western trails, and range. Born in Illinois. Son of George W. and Clarinda Morgan Reaugh. In 1876 moved to Kaufman County, where on trail beside the family cotton farm was born his love for wild range cattle. Earning his way, studied in St. Louis and in Europe. Settled (1890) in Dallas, where style matured and he was influential. His significant works in pastel hang in Austin, Dallas, and other cities. Recorded - 1971

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum — 1.8 mi
  A free museum at Terrell's airport where about 2,200 RAF cadets learned to fly between 1941 and 1945, with logbooks, uniforms, letters and original training aircraft.
• Rockwall County Historical Foundation & Museum — 16 mi
  A small museum in Harry Myers Park that keeps the evidence on Rockwall's rock wall, sandstone dikes that geologists call natural and folk tales call built.

More markers nearby

• Robert A. Terrell — steps away
• Texas Midland Railroad — 0.4 mi
• First United Methodist Church of Terrell — 0.6 mi
• Rockwall and Brin Church of Christ — 0.7 mi