The annual Cantey Lecture is paired with HFW’s preservation awards. As a Fort Worth visionary, business leader, collector of art and leader of the Fort Worth Art Association that became the Modern Museum of Art, Samuel Benton Cantey III (1914-1973) understood that great architecture is irreplaceable. In the 1950’s Mr. Cantey invited Bror Utter (1913-1993) to paint architecturally-significant buildings in downtown Fort Worth as they were being prepared for demolition. Mr. Utter, an astute studio artist and teacher, was a member of the Fort Worth Circle, a legendary group of artists who traveled abroad and painted together. His paintings document demolished and standing downtown buildings and are part of the permanent collection of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth. Copies of the originals are hung in the lobby of Fort Worth’s downtown Bank of America building.
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