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A carved relief (left) and a painting donated by John Wayne (right) are just two of the pieces on display at the Cushing Memorial Library.
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BY BRIAN FLEMING
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S ome are unaware of John Wayne’s
artistic contribution to Texas A&M.
Others also might not believe the
name Krueger is directly related to price
less works of art as well. The Cushing
Memorial Library can enlighten Aggies
about their culture with their collections of
priceless art spanning the past 100 years.
Steven Smith, special collections librar
ian, said the Cushing Library is home to a
number of permanent exhibits.
“We have a lot of different kinds of art,”
Smith said. “It is one of the largest — if not
the largest art collections here on campus.”
The art collections can be divided into
four separate parts.
The Krueger collection is a collection
of European oil paintings from the 19th
century.
Others include the Jeff Dykes collection,
which contains many figures of southwest
art, several 19th century prints and assort
ed pieces of art donated to the Cushing li
brary over the years.
Smith said for many years, prior to the
opening of the Memorial Student Center,
the Cushing Library was the only place art
was typically displayed on campus.
“If you wanted to hang art in a pub
lic space, the only appropriate place was
the library,” Smith said. “So the fact that
we have this collection is kind of a hap
py accident.”
Smith said donations to the library are
usually from former students and some
times have an interesting history.
“The Krueger collection, for example, was do
nated by Carl ‘Polly’ Krueger, Class of ’12,” Smith
said. “[The collection] was built, however, by his
father, Max Krueger, who immigrated from Ger
many to Texas in the middle of the 19th century
with nothing more than the shirt on his back.”
When Kreuger made a great deal of money in
the cattle business, he traveled back and forth to
Europe, collecting art.
“When he died, he gave his collection to his
children,” Smith said. “Polly [Carl Krueger]
eventually gave his collection of about 30
[works of art] to the University, and we have
had it ever since.”
This collection includes works by Arnold
Corrodi, which portrays Martin Luther ex
plaining the bible to Elector Frederick of Sax
ony as well as landscapes in Norway, waterfall
scenes by Albert Rieger and other paintings of
the European countryside.
Brian Elens, a student employee of the Cush
ing Library and a senior industrial distribution
major, said one of the most popular of the library’s
works is “Happy Ducks” by Alexander Koester,
which is part of the Krueger collection.
Other notable paintings include “Cattle Land,”
by Buck Dutton, which was featured on the cov
er of Southwest Art magazine.
Charles Haynie, an employee of the museum
and a senior mechanical engineering major, said
Dutton’s piece is particularly striking to him.
“It is true western art and 1 think it is stun
ning,” Haynie said.
Smith said another of the museums more pop
ular exhibits is a work which formed the back
ground credits of the 1960s John Wayne movie
The Alamo.
“People who have seen the movie and hear
we have this painting tend to be very interest
ed,” Elens said. “[The painting] was actually
used in the movie.”
Smith said the story of the painting coming to
A&M is an unbelievable tale.
“This painting has an interesting background,”
Smith said, “in the early ’60s, a group of cadets
were in love with the movie and one decided to
write to John Wayne and ask if they could buy
something from the movie.
“He wrote back and said he would not sell any
thing but would trade something. He offered this
painting and they offered a ceremonial saber.”
Smith said the painting was most likely a “stu
dio hack” painted in less that two hours and de
spite its flaws, serves a significant role.
“Some art is important for social reasons,”
Smith said. “But this work is important for the his
tory of what it did and where it was. ”
Smith said people react to the exhibits in dif
ferent ways, depending on their attachment to the
work of art.
“Some who may remember the donators of
the works have a very sentimental reaction,”
Smith said. “Others who may not know we
have these collection are also surprised. There
are also many on this campus who are very in
terested in art. They are also very happy to
find another place to come.”
Elens said the exhibit is a good cross-sec
tion of A&Ms past.
“I think it shows an excellent contrast of the
various kinds of art,” Elens said. “The fact that it
is all right here on campus is great.”
Elens said students need to be aware the gal
leries on campus are not the only source of art on
the Texas A&M campus.
“I think a lot of people do not realize what all
is here,” Hens said. “It would definitely benefit
anyone to come and check it out.”
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