Roger Winter

Roger Winter, born August 17, 1934, is an American painter, educator and writer who splits his time between New York City and Santa Fe New Mexico. Winter’s style balances between abstraction and realism and expresses both personal and generalized references to life. He moves effortlessly between painting, drawing, collage and sculpture, working in ways that demonstrate an intense awareness of what he is surrounded by at the time. Winter is known for pushing boundaries and reinventing himself. 
In Winter’s own philosophy you must become what you paint or draw.He has said that “an artist’s imperative is to grow, sometimes in small steps and sometimes in metamorphic leaps.” He has been described as profoundly sensitive and a die-hard romantic. Considered a significant figure in Texas art history, in 2007 Winter received the Legend Award for contributions to the visual arts in Texas by the Dallas Contemporary.
As an educator Winter taught painting and drawing at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas. He taught at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas from 1968 to 1989.
For Winter art is a journey, one that began in childhood and continues with each story told through the images he creates. 
== Life and career ==
Born on the outskirts of Denison, Texas, Roger Winter grew up during the Depression without basic necessities like electricity and plumbing. From an early age gospel music and prayer were an influence on how he experienced the world. The Winter family’s hardships gave him insight into the complexity and the wonder of the human experience.
Winter’s work and style have varied extensively over time, being influenced by idioms including Cubism, Surrealism, Realism, and combinations of idioms. Winter uses storytelling to create images that combine personal feelings and facts into expressions of himself and his environment. The resulting complex juxtapositions take time to absorb. The viewer can sense the passage of time and Winter’s thoughtfulness.
Winter began studying art formally at the University of Texas at Austin in 1952, where he was mentored by Loren Mozley. He continued his education attending graduate school at The University of Iowa. In 1961 he moved to Dallas where he worked at the Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art and then spent 26 years teaching art at Southern Methodist University in Dallas Texas. The many successful students he influenced include Julian Schnabel, Tracy Harris, John Alexander (artist)|John Alexander, Lilian Garcia-Roig and David Bates (American artist)|David Bates. Former President George W. Bush received private painting instruction from Winter.
Jeanette Ragner, children’s author and illustrator, who is a recurring subject in Winter’s drawings and paintings. Work during Winter’s time in Texas ranged in subject and style from interpretations of his life and family to self-portraits and idyllic scenes of privileged Dallas neighborhoods and lush landscapes.
New York City became Winter’s next muse after he and Jeanette left Dallas in the late 1980’s. The city’s influence shaped his work on subjects such as construction sites, subways and street scenes.
Traveling to Greenland and Iceland presented another significant environmental influence on Winter’s work which is shown in his colorful images of icebergs, glaciers and vast skies. That same year The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) in Dallas, Texas held a show covering five decades of Winter’s work.
During his long career, Roger Winter's works have been exhibited in prominent galleries and museums in the United States and have been acquired by major museums, corporate and private collections. Significant among Roger Winter's publications are four editions of his book On Drawing, written for use in university art programs. 
A recent definitive work published about Winter is The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice by Susie Kalil. The book is part of the Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities published by Texas A&M University Press.
Winter's work continues to evolve. ￼
== Exhibitions ==
=== Solo Exhibitions ===
* 2021: NYC Under Construction: Paintings by Roger Winter, The National Arts Club, New York, New York
* 2020: Dallas Collects: Roger Winter, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
* 2020: Stories from Memory: Roger Winter, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
* 2019: Artist at Work, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
* 2017: Small Works, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
* 2017: Flip Side, Master Gallery, New York, New York
* 2015: Cygnus, Kirk Hopper Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 2014: Northern Light, The Master Gallery, New York, New York
* 2013: Kirk Hopper Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 2012: Kirk Hopper Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 2012: The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
* 2011: Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
* 2008: Museum of Geometric and Madi Art, Dallas, Texas
* 2007: Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas
* 2005: Meadows Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* 2002: Pillsbury Peters Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
* 2001: Biddeford Pool Fine Art, Biddeford Pool, Maine
* 2000: Artists’ Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
* 2000: Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1998: Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York
* 1998: Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1997: Art Gallery, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
* 1996: Maine College of Art, Baxter Gallery, Portland, Maine
* 1996: Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine
* 1996: Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina
* 1996: El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
* 1996: The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
* 1992: Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1989: Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York
* 1986: Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York
* 1984: Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York
* 1981: Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1979: University Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
* 1978: Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas
* 1977: Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1976: Longview Museum and Art Center, Longview, Texas
* 1973: Smither Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1968: Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
* 1968: Owen Fine Arts Center, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
* 1967: Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas
* 1965: Haydon Calhoun Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1963: Atelier Chapman Kelley, Dallas, Texas
=== Selected Group Exhibitions ===
* 2021: Albritton Collection of Texas Art, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
* 2020: Hip Squares, The MADI Museum, Dallas, Texas (also curated by me)
* 2020: Iceland From The Outside, MOMA Towers, New York, New York
* 2019: one plus one equals three, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas Texas (also curated by me)
* 2018: LOIS DODD/ROGER WINTER, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
* 2016: Slipstream, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas (catalog essay and curator: Susie Kalil)
* 2016: Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas
* 2016: The Neighborhood, Master Gallery, New York, New York
* 2015: Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas
* 2014: Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, Texas
* 2014: Monumental Works, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
* 2012: Under the Influence, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
* 2012: Dallas Art Fair
* 2012: Houston Art Fair
* 2011: American Realism, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
* 2011: Five by Five, Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
* 2011: Connections - Tribute to Ted Pillsbury, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, New York
* 2011: Face to Face, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
* 2010: Landscapes, Real and Imagined, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
* 2009: American Menagerie, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
* 2009: Group Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 2009: A.I.R., Gallery Summer Exhibition, New York, New York
* 2008: American Menagerie, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
* 2008: A.I.R. Gallery Summer Exhibition, New York, New York
* 2007: A.I.R. Gallery Summer Exhibition, New York, New York
* 2006: Texas 100, Selections from the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
* 2006: Vision: Texas Artists Then and Now, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
* 2001: On the Edge; Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
* 2000: Y2$, Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York
* 2000: Animals in Art, Bates Museum, Henkley, Maine
* 2000: Outward Bound, Meridian Corporation, Washington, DC
* 1999: Behold, Narrative Visions, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, New York
* 1999: Self-Portraits: Up Close and Personal, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1997: Maine Light, American Embassy, Santiago, Chile
* 1995: Animals, Animals, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
* 1994: The Surreal Landscape, Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Flushing, New York
* 1994: Artists Choose Artists, Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Flushing, New York
* 1993: Looking at the Land, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine
* 1992: Summer Show, Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York
* 1992: Contemporary Prints: The Peregrine Press Archives, Exhibits USA, traveling
* 1991: Prints from the Peregrine Press Archives, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacodoches, Texas
* 1991: Texas Artists, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* 1990: American Art Today: The City, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida
* 1989: Prints from the Peregrine Press Archives, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
* 1989: Prints from the Peregrine Press Archives, Tyler Museum, Tyler Texas
* 1989: 51 Artists and 8 Years Later, Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1989: NEA Mid-American Biennial, Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
* 1988: Landscapes, Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
* 1988: City Life, City Faire, Rotunda, Texas Commerce Tower, Dallas, Texas
* 1988: The Figure, Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
* 1988: Habitat, Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1988: Works from the Crescent Collection, The Crescent Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1987: City Places, City Place, Dallas, Texas
* 1986: Eight Texas Realist Painters, Frito-Lay, Incorporated, Plano, Texas
* 1986: Texas Landscapes 1900-86, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
* 1986: Landscape Painting, Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1986: Summer Edition, Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York
* 1985: Summer Show, Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York
* 1984: New Published Prints, Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1984: Gateway Gallery Experience, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* 1984: America Seen, Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas, Texas
* 1983: Fun and Games, Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas
* 1982: International Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
* 1982: Delahunty Gallery, New York, New York
* 1982: Hearts and Flowers, Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas
* 1981: International Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
* 1980: International Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
* 1979: Fire, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
* 1979: A Closer Look, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
* 1979: Fifteen from Dallas, Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas
* 1977: Texas Drawings, Elmira College, Elmira, New York
* 1976: Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* 1974: Five Texas Painters, Owens Fine Arts Center, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
* 1974: Visions of the City, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* 1972: Annual Exhibition of Southwest American Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
* 1972: Southwest Print and Drawing Show, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* 1971: One i at a Time, Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
* 1970: Texas Painting and Sculpture, 20th Century, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
* 1969: Annual Invitational, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
* 1968: Texas Painting and Sculpture, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* 1967: Artists of the Southeast and Texas, Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana
* 1966: Texas Painting and Sculpture, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* 1964: Dallas County Annual, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* 1963: Texas Annual, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* 1962: Annual Exhibition of Southwest American Art, Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
* 1962: Fort Worth Annual, Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
* 1961: Annual Exhibition of Southwest American Art, Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
=== Juried Exhibition ===
* 2019: International Geometric Art Exhibition, The MADI Museum, Dallas, Texas
== Public Collections ==
* The National Arts Club of New York City, New York, New York
* Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
* The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
* Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, California
* Barrow, Hanley, McWhinney and Strauss, Inc., Dallas, Texas
* Belo Corporation, Dallas, Texas
* Crescent Collection, Dallas, Texas
* Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
* Enserch Corporation, Dallas, Texas
* Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, Maine
* Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
* Frito-Lay, Dallas, Texas
* Haynes and Boone, Dallas, Texas
* Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
* J.C. Penney National Headquarters, Dallas, Texas
* Leede Explorations, Houston, Texas
* Longview Museum of Art, Longview, Texas
* Meadows Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
* Mobil Oil Corporation
* Mostek Corporation, Dallas, Texas
* McNay Museum, San Antonio, Texas
* Museum of Fine Arts, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
* Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
* Museum of Geometric and Madi Art, Dallas, Texas
* Oak Cliff Savings and Loans, Dallas, Texas
* Owens Fine Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
* Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
* Reader’s Digest, New York, New York
* Southland Life Corporation, Dallas, Texas
* Southland Trust, Dallas, Texas
* Southwestern Bell Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri
* Texas Commerce Bank, Dallas, Texas
* 3M Corporation
* Tulsa Bank of Commerce, Tulsa, Oklahoma
* Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
* The Western Company, Fort Worth, Texas
* Wilson Industries, Houston, Texas
* U.S. Trust, Dallas, Texas
== Awards ==
* 2007: Legend Award for Contribution to the Visual Arts in Texas. 
* 1988: Mid-American Arts Alliance/NEA Fellowship Award in Painting. 
* 1972: Top Award, “Southwest Print and Drawing Show,” Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Garo Antresian. 
* 1967: Top Award, “Longview Invitational,” Longview, Texas. 
* 1967: Top Award, “Artist of the Southeast and Texas,” New Orleans, Louisiana, Juror: Robert Doty. 
* 1964: Top Award, “Dallas County Annual,” Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Sam Hunter. 
* 1964: Award, “Texas Annual,” Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas. 
* 1962: Top Award, “Annual Exhibition of Southwest American Art,” Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Juror: Dorothy Miller. 
* 1962: Award, “Fort Worth Annual,” Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Juror: Hobson Pittman.
== Monograph ==
* Kalil, Susie, The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice, (Texas A&M University Press. College Station, Texas, 2020).
Category:1934 births 
Category:American painters