Trinity professor William Arthur Bristow designed the Migration Fountain located in the courtyard of the U.S. Pavilion complex during the world’s fair.
I was a guide at the U.S. Pavilion during HemisFair ’68. What you referred to in column as the Confluence Theater was one-third of the U.S. Pavilion . The other two parts were the Exhibit Hall and the expansive courtyard between the other two parts. It had nothing to do with the Texas Pavilion or any other structure at HemisFair. It was the U.S. government’s contribution to HemisFair. Guides rotated between the theater, the theater lobby, the courtyard and the exhibit hall .
Purpose, origins of San Antonio ‘Brass Muggers’ club shrouded in mystery At the same time, the fairgrounds were full of sculptures — more than 100 pieces chosen with the assistance of attorney and arts patron Gilbert Denman Jr., chairman of the fair’s art acquisitions committee. Some were a little challenging, and two were mistaken for scrap metal and removed. The pieces were made by 116 artists from 29 nations, according to the Catalog of Sculpture, Murals and Fountains at HemisFair ’68.
Artist’s summer camps drew society painters Bristow was one of eight local artists — also including Waldine Tauch and Ethel Wilson Harris — whose work took its place along with sculptures by international greats such as Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder and George Segal. A true product of San Antonio, William Arthur Bristow was born in the Nix Hospital, graduated from Jefferson High School before earning degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Florida.
Cenotaph sculptor claimed key role in Alamo preservation The theme of the U.S. Pavilion was Confluence USA, “a blending of many peoples and many cultures into one nation,” says the Light, Aug. 30, 1968, noting that the open courtyard “binds the two buildings together into a single pavilion,” with the Migration Fountain and its sculptured birds in flight as the focal point.
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