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Richardson, Sid, 1891-1959

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dates 1891-1959
city Rockport
stateTX
other citiesAthens, TX; Waco, TX; Abilene, TX;
sex M
historical notes Sid Richardson was a businessman (Texas oilman), cattleman, horse breeder (raised Quarter horses and Santa Gertrudis cattle), and collector of Western Art.

Richardson's collection included work by Frederic Remington, Charles Russell, Gilbert Gaul, Peter Moran, and Charles F. Browne, Charles Schreyvogel, Oscar E. Berninghaus, Frank Tenney Johnson, William R. Leigh and Edwin W. Deming.

The Sid Richardson Art Museum opened to the public in 1982 underwent a yearlong renovation and reopened in 2006.
decades
of activity
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
websitehttp://www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org/nu_site/sid_richardson_museum.php/museum/swr_bio
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