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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 90-034 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is aware <br />that the late Paris native, Jerry Bywaters was an esteemed <br />painter, professor of art, and museum director, who continues <br />to be known for his striking portraits, Texas landscapes, and <br />the focus he brought to southwestern regional art with his <br />enormous talent, served as Director of the Dallas Museum of <br />Art for more than twenty years and art professor at Southern <br />Methodist University for over forty years; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in 1934, as a Public Works of Art Project <br />commission, he created four historic oil panels for the Paris <br />Public Library, entitled "John Chisum", Davy Crockett", <br />"Paris Fire, 1916", and "Reconstruction", which have always <br />hung in prominent positions in the Paris Public Library; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on February 25, 1990, an exhibit of Jerry <br />Bywaters' paintings featuring the four panels which were <br />off i cia 11 y red e d i cat e d and 47 0 f his ma j or w 0 r k s 0 far t , <br />including oils, watercolors, pastels, and lithographs, opened <br />for a three-week showing in the Library Gallery; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Jerry's children, Richard P. Bywaters and Jerry <br />Bywa ter s Cochr an, generous ly gave the Par is Publ ic L i br ary <br />the marvelous oil painting "In the Public Library", in honor <br />of the artist's parents: Hattie Williamson Bywaters, born in <br />Honey Grove, Texas, and Porter Ashburn Bywaters, Sr., born in <br />Roxton, Texas; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it would be right and proper to accept the gift <br />on behalf of the Paris Public Library; NOW, THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />that the Deed of Gift from the Jerry Bywaters Estate, <br />attached hereto as Exhibit A, be, and the same is hereby <br />accepted in behalf of the Paris Public Library. <br /> <br />Passed and adopted this 9th day of April, 1990. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />-~ <br /> <br />Eric S. Clifford, Mayo <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />\.. t\.. \' <br />, L~ "'-J...A.i ''{',,",,'0v', <br />Mattie Cunningham, Ci <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />\ <br />'''~\",V <br />Clerk <br /> <br />