Lunch Amongst the Masters, July 7, 12noon, members $15 non-members $20, please RSVP by paying for lunch online by clicking here, or 361 825 -3507, or Cynthia.Salinas@tamucc.eduBy Friday, June 30, at 5pmWith Julian Onderdonk – Poetry in PaintGuest Speaker Rebecca HuffstutlerNorton, Executive Director of the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera, TexasWhen Julian Onderdonk died at the early age of 40, Texas lost one of its most promising painters.  Born into a prominent family of artists in San Antonio, Julian showed early in life the artistic talent that would continue to captivate art lovers almost 100 years after his death.  The beauty ofthe South Texas countryside offered him boundless opportunities to paint directly from nature.  In his lifetime and beyond, he became famous for hishauntingly beautiful depictions of bluebonnets.  He became known as the “Bluebonnet Painter,” a title he despised because of the plethora of amateurish bluebonnet paintings produced by less competent artists.  This lecture will explore Julian’s early years growing up in San Antonio to his return to his beloved hometown after studying with William Merritt Chase in New York and the legacy he has left to the cultural heritage of Texas.