About this Artist
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 20, I9I7, Donald Stanley Vogel began his formal art training at the Witte Memorial Museum in San Antonio when he was seventeen. His training, under the watchful eye of Eleanor Onderdonk, was briefly interrupted by a move to Washington, DC , where he took drawing classes at The Corcoran School of Art. He returned to San Antonio to finish high school and continued studying under Onderdonk. After graduation, he moved to Chicago in 1936 to enroll in The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist rooms of the Institute, a new world opened up to him, one that would forever influence the direction of his work. He saw art that dealt with the effects of atmosphere and light. The subjects and techniques used by these painters conveyed a sense of happiness, exuberance, and pleasure, which offered a stark contrast to the world outside stifled by the Great Depression.
While studying at the Art Institute, Vogel roomed at the Artist Community House where many students lived. This environment served as a counterpoint to the academic training he received at the Institute. It afforded the students the freedom to discuss issues in contemporary art, and freely experiment with unconventional ideas and techniques. Most importantly, this fertile environment intensified Vogel's commitment to paint.
Feeling the pinch of the Depression, Vogel left the Art Institute in 1940, and was accepted on the WPA Easel Project. This allowed him the luxury of drawing and painting from dawn to dusk. The freedom to paint at all hours focused his interest on the seemingly endless variations of light and atmosphere. With unlimited use o f a model, he produced thousands of figure drawings until, eventually freed from the necessity of working from life, he began to paint purely from his imagination.
In 1942, Vogel moved to Dallas. In 1941, while he was still living in Chicago, the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts had given Vogel a one-person show; in 1943, shortly after his arrival in Dallas, it gave him another. While working first as a set designer and then as technical director at the Dallas Little Theater, Vogel spent his free time at the easel. During the I940's he gained recognition in the art community by promoting the work of fellow artists and winning coveted purchase awards and prizes in the Texas General and Allied Arts Exhibitions for his own paintings.
In 1951, Vogel and his wife Peggy, along with Dallas arts patron Betty McLean, opened the Betty McLean Gallery. It was the first gallery in Texas to deal in modern art on an international level. In 1954, the Vogels moved the gallery to a five-acre site north of Dallas and renamed it Valley House Gallery. A new home and studio were built on the site, and were later surrounded by a sculpture garden. The new setting at Valley House deeply inspired Vogel, serving as a source for ideas, and providing a place of serenity and contemplation.
Vogel's work is characterized by his love of color, and his fascination with the changing qualities of light. A favorite subject, often revisited during the latter part of his career, is the greenhouse. He first experimented with this subject in 1976, and began using it in earnest in 1978. Having worked in a hothouse during his youth, he found it a natural subject for exploring the effects of atmosphere, light, and color. Like Monet's pond at Giverny, Vogel's greenhouses have become his signature: an imaginary place of endless fascination.
Vogel produced many catalogues for the gallery but he had never written for himself. In 1989, he penned two autobiographical short stories and published them under the title Charcoal and Cadmium Red. He found writing to be as challenging a process as painting. Now in his early eighties, author f eight works of both fiction and non-fiction, he writes and paints with equal intensity.
Donald Vogel's paintings reflect his zeal for finding joy and beauty in life, and his interest in sharing pleasure and a sense of well-being with his viewers. Endorsing this philosophy, many of his patrons have chosen to live with more than one of his paintings. This recognition of his efforts has strengthened his resolve and fueled his optimistic approach to life. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it is a gift in itself, and produce something of worth to be shared. That is the life that has served this artist's pilgrimage."
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Donald S. Vogel
Born: October 20, 1917, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died: February 17, 2004, Dallas, Texas
Education: Corcoran School of Art
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Solo Exhibitions:
2017 Donald Vogel’s 100th Anniversary, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 “Donald S. Vogel and the Artists He Championed,” Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2008 “Donald S. Vogel: A Painter’s Life,” Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002-2003 “Donald S. Vogel: New Watercolors,” Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2000 Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2000 “Retrospective 1936-1998,” Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1999 “Retrospective 1936-1998,” The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
1999 “Retrospective 1936-1998,” Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
1999 “Retrospective 1936-1998,” Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
1998 Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1998 “Retrospective 1936-1998,” The Art Center of Waco, Waco, Texas
1998 Nolan Rankin Galleries, Houston, Texas
1995 Dallas Woman’s Club, Dallas, Texas
1995 Palmer’s Gallery 800, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
1995 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1994 Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1992 Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1992 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1991 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1990 Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1990 Four Corners, Hotel Anatole, Dallas, Texas
1989 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1989 Odyssey Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
1989 Foster Harmon Galleries of American Art, Sarasota, Florida
1988 Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1988 "Return to Cary" Exhibition, Cary, Illinois
1987 Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1987 Sheraton Hotel, Dallas, Texas, for Great Gatsby 1970 Ball
1986 Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1986 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1986 Phillips/Cowan Gallery, Houston, Texas
1985 Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1985 Sakowitz Boutique, Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas
1985 The Four Seasons Hotel, benefit for The Washington D.C. Ballet
1984 Hall Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas
1984 Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1983 Hall Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas
1983 Schoener Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
1983 San Jacinto Tower (Four Corners), Dallas, Texas
1982 Hall Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas
1982 Schoener Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
1982 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1981 Four Corners, Hotel Anatole, Dallas, Texas
1981 Robinson Galleries, Houston, Texas
1981 The Charles B. Goddard Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma
1980 January Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1979 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1978 Schoener Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
1977 The Christmas Exhibition,Oates Gallery
1977 Robert Rice Gallery, Houston, Texas
1977 Fine Arts Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1976 Robert Rice Gallery, Houston, Texas
1975 Red Piano Art Gallery, Hilton Head, South Carolina
1975 Robert Rice Gallery, Houston, Texas
1975 Schoener Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
1973 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1973 Robinson Galleries, Houston, Texas
1972 Schoener Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
1971 River Oaks Gallery, Houston, Texas
1971 Dos Cruces Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
1969 Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas
1969 Dos Cruces Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
1969 Alley Gallery, Houston, Texas
1969 Main Place Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1969 Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1969 The Mobile Art Center, Mobile, Alabama
1967 Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas
1967 2131 Galleries (The Alley Gallery), Houston, Texas
1965 Galerie Romanet Vercel, Palm Beach, Florida
1964 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1962 Stewart Rickard Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1961 P M Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1961 Fifth Avenue Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1960 Fifth Avenue Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1959 5207 Galleries, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1959 Lambert’s Green Barn, Lambert Landscape Co, Dallas, Texas
1948 Knighton's Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1948 Fair Park Auditorium, Dallas, Texas
1946 Accents, Inc., Dallas, Texas
1945 Collins Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1945 Civic Federation of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
1943 John Douglass Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1943 Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
1942 Dallas Little Theater, Dallas, Texas
1942 Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas
1941 Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
1941 The Gallery House, Chicago, Illinois
1938 Town Hall, Cary, Illinois
Group Exhibitions:
2017 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2016 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2016 Portraits and Such, San Antonio Art League Gallery and Museum, San Antonio, Texas
2016 The Last Picture Show, Newman and Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2015 The Abstract Impulse, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2015 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2014 60th Anniversary Exhibition: A Celebration of Valley House Artists, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Masterful Marks: An Exploration of the Medium of Drawing, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Summer Cut, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2013 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2012 Permanent Collection: Honoring Women in Art, Salute to Marcia Koehler, Gallery IV, San Antonio Art League Gallery and Museum, San Antonio, Texas
2012 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 Face Time: Portraits from the Collection, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
2011 The Good Earth, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 Fresh & Salty (a Valley House Gallery group exhibition), Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2009 Thank You Fort Worth: An Appreciation from Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2006 Kingdom Animalia: Creatures Big and Small by Artists Old and New, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 Deck the Walls!, Newman & Saunders Galleries, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2001 Texas International Fine Art Fair, NorthPark East, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2000 Dallas International Art & Antique Fair, The Dallas International Pavilion at Victory, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2000 Group exhibition, GTE Directories Corp., DFW Airport, Irving, Texas
1999 Art and Bloom, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
1999 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, ADAA, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1998 The Figure: An Invitational Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997 Art and Bloom, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
1997 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, ADAA, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1996 Art Miami, art fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida (Valley House Gallery)
1995 Art of the Garden, The Art Center, Waco, Texas
1995 The Fantasy Series, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1995 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, ADAA, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1994 U.S. Artists, Engineer’s Armory, Philadelphia, (PAFA) (Newman and Saunders Galleries)
1994 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1994 ARTexas, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
1994 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, ADAA, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1993 ARTexas, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
1993 U.S. Artists, Engineer’s Armory, Philadelphia, (PAFA) (Newman and Saunders Galleries)
1993 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, ADAA, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1992 Texas Galleries Art Fair, Infomart, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
1992 U.S. Artists, Engineer’s Armory, Philadelphia, (PAFA) (Newman and Saunders Galleries)
1992 Recent Works By, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1992 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, ADAA, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1991 Anne Lydick, three person show, Houston, Texas
1991 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, ADAA, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1990 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, ADAA, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1989 Anne Lydick, three person show, Houston, Texas
1989 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, ADAA, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1983 Focus Artist, Group Exhibition, Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, Texas
1983 Junior League Charity Art Show, McAllen, Texas
1982 Group Exhibition, Hearts and Flowers, The Art Center in Waco, Waco, Texas
1982 Group Exhibition, Champagne and Art, Charity Show and Sale, McAllen International Museum, McAllen, Texas
1978 Group Exhibition, An Exhibition Celebrating the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1971 Group Exhibition, Texas Painting and Sculpture: The 20th Century, Traveling exhibition to Pollock Galleries, SMU, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio; University Art Museum, Austin; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; The Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
1970-71 Stanley Lea, Loren Mozley, James Twitty, Donald S. Vogel, The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio
1969 Collector's Choice, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1968 The Sphere of Art in Texas, presented by the Texas Fine Arts Commission, curated by William Robinson, HemisFair’68, San Antonio, Texas
1966-67 Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1966, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas (catalogue)
1966 Group Exhibition, Ben de Bose Gallery, Houston, Texas
1964 Group Exhibition, Galerie Romanet Vercel, New York City
1963 Young Collector's, Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
1963 Young Collector's Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1963 Group Exhibition, The Hightower Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1962 Collector's Choice, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1961 Young Collector's Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1958 D. D. Feldman Exhibition of Texas Painting, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas
1957 D. D. Feldman Exhibition of Texas Art, Lambert Gardens, Dallas, Texas
1953 Group Exhibition: Artists from Betty McLean Gallery, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California; Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
1953 Fourteenth Annual Artists West of the Mississippi Invitational, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1953 University of Illinois Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
1953 University of Illinois Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
1952 Texas Contemporary Artists, M. Knoedler & Co., New York City
1952 Terry National Art Exhibition, Terry Art Institute, Miami, Florida
1951 Texas Wildcat Show, Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
1951 Nine Texas Artists, Betty McLean Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1950 The 12th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas; Witte, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1949 123rd Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York City
1948 Group Exhibition, S & S Tearoom, Dallas, Texas
1948 Group Exhibition, Maurice's Restaurant, Dallas, Texas
1948 19th Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1948 Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin; Corpus Christi Art Foundation; Abilene Museum of Fine Arts, Abilene, Texas
1948 Contemporary Regional Artists Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1948 10th Annual Texas General Exhibition: Witte, San Antonio; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1947 Federation of Dallas Artists, oils, Telenews Theater, Dallas, Texas
1947 Group Watercolor Exhibition, Civic Federation of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
1947 Federation of Dallas Artists, pastels and watercolor, The Rush Company, Dallas, Texas
1947 Corpus Christi 5th Annual Caller Times Exhibit, Corpus Christi, Texas
1947 Dallas Artist Exhibition, Fort Worth Art Association Gallery, Fort Worth Public Library, Fort Worth, Texas
1946 Texas Artist Group, Telenews Theater, Dallas, Texas
1946 Invitational Texas Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1946 Memorial Museum, San Antonio; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas
1946 The Eighth Texas General Exhibition: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Witte
1946 The Art of the Eight, Civic Federation of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
1946 Paintings of the Year, Pepsi Cola Company 3rd Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York City
1945 Group Exhibition, Accents Shop Art Carnival, Dallas, Texas
1945 Fifth Annual Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1945 16th Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1945 The Seventh Texas General Exhibition: Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; University of Texas, Austin
1945 Texas Artists Group, Telenews Theater, Dallas, Texas
1944 Group Exhibition, Telenews Theater Lobby, Dallas, Texas
1944 Group Exhibition, University of Texas Art Department, Austin, Texas
1944 13th Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1944 The Sixth Texas General Exhibition; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; University of Texas, Austin; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas
1944 Six Texas Painters, The Weyhe Gallery, New York City
1943 Third Annual Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1943 Texas Panorama Exhibition, Circulated by the American Federation of Arts to Museums in Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Stockton, Santa Barbara, California, Denver, Colorado, Great Falls, Montana, Williston, North Dakota, and Saint Paul, Minnesota
1943 The Fifth Texas General Exhibition: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio
1943 14th Annual Allied Arts Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1942 2nd Annual Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1942 No-Jury Exhibition of Dallas Artists, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1942 Sixth Annual Watercolor Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
1942 13th Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1942 The 46th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1942 Artists for Victory Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art, New York City
1941 3rd Annual Competitive Exhibition of Lithography, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1941 The 39th Annual Watercolor and Print Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1941 Third Texas General Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1941 Directions in American Painting, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1941 Ninth Annual Exhibition of Watercolors, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California
1941 61st Annual Exhibition of Paintings, San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
1941 200 American Watercolors, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1941 The Parkersburg F.A.C. 3rd Annual Exhibition, Parkersburg, West Virginia
1941 10th Annual Spring Salon Exhibition of Paintings, Academy of the Allied Arts, New York City, New York
1941 The 28th Annual Exhibition of Wisconsin Art, Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1941 Oakland Art Gallery's Annual Exhibition of Oil Painting, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California
1941 Fifth Annual Watercolor Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
1941 The Second Texas-Oklahoma General Exhibition: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1941 Sixth Annual New Year Show, Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio
1940 47th Annual Exhibition of American Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
1940 44th Annual Exhibition, Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Honors:
1999 Dallas Visual Art Center, Legend Award (arts professional category with Cheryl and Kevin Vogel)
Literature:
Sarah Vukalovic, “Noted: Galleries,” Patron Magazine, April - May 2014, page 43.
Celebrating Early Texas Art: Treasures from Dallas-Fort Worth Private Collections, 1900-1960, CASETA catalogue and exhibition curated by Mark Thistlethwaite, p. 32, Girl with Flowers reproduced in color and p. 50.
Emily George Grubbs, “Texas Regionalism and the Little Theatre of Dallas,” Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, The Dallas Historical Society, Fall 2010, pages 42 – 55.
Nancy Myers, Addison: The Magazine of the North Dallas Corridor, Summer 2008, 16 Fun Things To Do This Summer page 27, and Arts and Attractions page 102.
Mike Daniel, “Art: Last Chance,” The Dallas Morning News Guide, page 43, May 30, 2008, New Day Beginning reproduced.
Paige Phelps (with photography by Christina Barany), "Spirited Awakening: Modern updates marry new luxuries to Old South charms," People Newspapers Homes & Estates, Dallas, Texas, Spring 2007, pages 12-15, Greenhouse Present reproduced on page 15.
Tom Maurstad, “Overnight - 2004 in Review - Obituaries: Winding down,” The Dallas Morning News, Friday, December 31, 2004, page 7B.
Donald S. Vogel, Another Gathering of Words with Drawings from My Pen: Second Volume, Valley House Press, Dallas, Texas, 2003.
Jane Sumner, “Critics’ Notebook: At 85, Vogel’s not too old to bring joy to the world,” The Dallas Morning Newspage 3C, Sunday, January 12, 2003, photograph.
Donald S. Vogel, A Gathering of Words and Scribbles From My Pen, Valley House Press, Dallas, Texas, 2001.
Julie Ardery, “Pretty Pictures and Million-Dollar Fakes: (Review of) Memories and Images: The World of Donald Vogel and Valley House Gallery,” The Texas Observer, August 3, 2001, pages 30-31.
“Your Guide, What to Do,” calendar, The Richardson Morning News, February 15, 2001, page 6L, photograph.
Janet Kutner, “Donald Vogel to Sign Book at Valley House,” The Dallas Morning News, February 15, 2001, page 35 A.
Bryan Lindsey, “A Painter with a Yarn to Spin,” The Denton Record-Chronicle, January 4, 2001, page 5, photograph
“Memories and Images” book review, Texas A&M University Press Consortium, Fall/Winter 2000, page 40, illust.
Donald S. Vogel, Memories and Images, University of North Texas Press, Denton, Texas, 2000.
Terri Jo Ryan, “An Incredible Lightness of Being: Retrospective on Donald S. Vogel’s career now at Valley House Gallery,” Richardson News, January 30, 2000, p. 5A.
Mike Daniel, “Retrospective eyes decades of Vogel works,” The Dallas Morning News Guide, January 21, 2000, page 45, illust.
Kim Alexander, “Welcome Visitor: The Vision of Donald Vogel,” The American Center for Artists. Edited by James White. January 2000. www.americanartists.org.
John and Debra Powers, Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists: A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas before 1942, Foreword by Ron Tyler, Woodmont Books, Austin, Texas, 2000
Janet Kutner, “Donald Vogel is a man of perspective,” The Dallas Morning News, September 12, 1999, pages 1C, 10C.
Donald S. Vogel, Retrospective 1936-1998, Dallas: Valley House Gallery, Inc., 1998.
Donald S. Vogel, Seeking the Intangible, Valley House Press, Dallas, Texas, 1996.
Donald S. Vogel, Prime Targets, Valley House Press, Dallas, Texas, 1995.
Donald S. Vogel, The Boardinghouse, University of North Texas Press, Denton, Texas, 1995.
David Tarrant, “Donald Vogel, Dallas’ legendary art dealer and painter,” The Dallas Morning News, October 23, 1994, page 3E.
40th Anniversary Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Valley House Gallery, October 15-November 26, 1994.
Kevin Shay, “Lone Star People: Artist is right at home with art,” SR Texas, July 1994, pages 24-25, illust.
“Renowned local painter keeps brush in hand,” The Turtle Creek News, June 12, 1994, page 11.
Jim Goodson, “Dallas legend Donald Vogel has begun his memoirs,” Northside People, June 9, 1994, pages 1, 24.
Donald S. Vogel, Drawing for Paintings, Dallas: Valley House Press, 1993.
Donald S. Vogel, The Untold Studio Secret, Dallas: Valley House Press, 1993.
Donald S. Vogel, The Transcendent Collector, Dallas: Valley House Press, 1992.
Donald S. Vogel, King of the Hill, Dallas: Valley House Press, 1991.
Allyson Mehley, "Artist sees beauty in simplicity," Suburban and Wayne Times, December 12, 1990.
Donald S. Vogel, Not for Revenge, Dallas: Valley House Gallery Press, 1990.
Donald S. Vogel, Charcoal and Cadmium Red, Dallas: Valley House Gallery, 1989.
Personalities of the Americas, The American Biographical Institute, Inc., First Commemorative Edition, 1988.
Return to Cary, Exhibition of Paintings by Donald S. Vogel, exhibition catalogue, published by Valley House Gallery, 1988.
Carol Schmitt, "Don Vogel," The Addison/North Dallas Register, March 5, 1987, pages 6, 14.
Peter Hastings Falk (editor), Who was Who in American Art, Sound View Press, 1985, pp. 647-48.
Les Krantz, American Artists, An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans, 1985, p. 322, illustration on p. 323.
Amy Morenz, "Artist Paints His Heart, Not Public Opinion," North City News, April 2-8, 1984, pages 1, 7.
Jane Sumner, "The Artist as Ex-Crank," The Dallas Morning News, June 28, 1981.
Men of Achievement, Dictionary of International Biography, International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, winter, 1979.
“’Witch Hunter of the Southwest’ sets up art collection for his own satisfaction,” Dallas/Fort Worth Business, May 29, 1978, page 11.
Jane Sumner, "Profiles: Portrait of the Rebel as Donald Vogel," D, the Magazine of Dallas, January, 1976, pp. 40-43.
Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Marquis Who's Who, Inc., 1975---1986.
Joseph A. Cain, "Exhibition by Vogel Deserves Recognition," Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Sunday, May 23, 1971.
Donald S. Vogel, exhibition catalogue, published by Valley House Gallery, 1969.
Hilton Kramer, “Notes on the Illinois Biennial,” Arts, April 1957, pages 30-33 (Still Life reproduced on page 33.)
The American Federation of Arts, Vol. IV, 1947.
Jacques Cattell Press (editor), Who's Who in American Art. 1937---1986---1991.
Corporate Collections:
The Argyle Club, San Antonio, Texas
Brookhollow Country Club, Dallas, Texas
Byer's Choice Ltd., Colmar, Pennsylvania
Capital National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas
Dallas Country Club, Dallas, Texas
Dallas Woman's Club, Dallas, Texas
Fulbright & Jaworski, Dallas, Texas
Hinton Mortgage, Dallas, Texas
Jenkins & Gilchrist, Dallas, Texas
Lomas & Nettleton, Dallas, Texas
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Texas Commerce Bancshares, Houston, Texas
The Junior League of Dallas, Inc., Dallas, Texas
Public Collections:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Beaumont Museum of Fine Art, Beaumont, Texas
Charles Goddard Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama
Ft. Worth Art Association, Ft. Worth, Texas
George Bush Presidental Center, Dallas, Texas
Old Jail Foundation, Albany, Texas
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Pennsylvania Trust, Radnor, Pennsylvania
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas