Fort Worth's oldest art gallery. Three generations on Camp Bowie, restoring oil paintings, antique frames, works on paper and photographs — and framing the things you'd rather not trust to anyone else.
Carl J. D. Nordell (American, b. 1885), The Gold Cloth. Oil on canvas mounted on Masonite, 30" × 25". Currently available in the gallery.
1935Established
3rdGeneration
48 yrsGreg Dow at the bench
A+BBB accredited since 2009
What we do
Restoration, framing and appraisal — under one roof.
The same level of service and workmanship whether your piece is worth fifty dollars or five thousand. Most people who walk in are carrying something that belonged to someone they loved.
Art & Frame Restoration
Damage from time, smoke, water and neglect, undone carefully — and reversibly where it should be.
Oil paintings on canvas, board and panel
Antique and gilded frame repair
Works on paper
Photographs, back to the 1890s
Maps, documents and heirlooms
Custom Picture Framing
Built one at a time for the piece in front of us, not pulled from a catalogue of corner samples.
Fine custom framing
Shadow boxes and objects
Conservation mounting and glazing
Reframing to suit a room
Appraisals & Estate Art
What a thing actually is, and what it's actually worth — for insurance, for probate, or for your own peace of mind.
Written appraisals
Early American and early Texas art
We buy and sell estate art
Consultations, free
The fastest way to start
Send us a photograph of the piece.
You don't need to carry a painting across town to find out whether it can be saved. Photograph it — front, back, and any damage — and Greg will tell you what it needs and roughly what it costs.
Thirty-nine works on the wall right now, from nineteenth-century British watercolours to a Fort Worth modernist. Every one is for sale. Call or come by to ask about any of them.
Susan Jansen (California/Texas)
Laurenne
n.d. · Oil on Gessobord · 12" x 9" vertical
Susan Jansen (California/Texas)
Torre #4
n.d. · Oil on Gessobord · 13 1/2" x 10 1/2" vertical
Susan Jansen (California/Texas)
Torre in Black
n.d. · Oil on Gessobord · 12" x 12"
Bryce Cameron Liston (American, b. 1965)
Spring Bouquet
n.d. · Acrylic on panel · 10" x 8" vertical
Bryce Cameron Liston (American, b. 1965)
Study for Danaus
2005 · Oil on board · 19 3/8" x 8" vertical
Carl J. D. Nordell (American, b. 1885)
The Gold Cloth
n.d. · Oil on canvas · 30" x 25" vertical
Tom Norman (?)
The Violinist
n.d. · Oil on linen canvas · 20" x 16" vertical
Craig Srebnik (American, b. 1957)
An Early Evening
2000 · Oil on canvas · 24" x 18"
Artist unknown
Woman sitting on a bed
n.d. · Conte crayon · 13 1/2" x 10 1/2" vertical
Signed; artist unidentified.
Timothy C. Tyler (American, b. 1958)
Still life with pottery, pomegranates and a red cardinal
n.d. · Oil on Masonite · 24" x 36"
Timothy C. Tyler (American, b. 1958)
Tuscan Textures
n.d. · Oil on board · 14" x 10 3/4"
Artist unknown
Smiling woman wearing large gold earrings
n.d. · Pastel · 12" x 9"
Francis Cheshire (British, 19th/20th Century)
A road on the Italian coast
1876 · Watercolor · 10 1/2" x 24" (sight)
Etienne-Henri Dumaige (French, 1830-1888)
Jeanne d' Arc (Joan of Arc)
n.d. · Cast bronze · 18 1/2" x 6" x 6"
Napoleon Girotto (Italian, 19th Century)
Woman carrying water from the Nile
ca. 1875 · Watercolor · 22 1/2" x 22"
J. Frank Glyndon (Czech/American, 1847-1937)
Costume study
1891 · Watercolor · 20 3/8" x 13 1/2" (sight)
Josephina Hayes
Portrait of a gentleman
19th Century · Watercolor · 8 1/4" x 6 3/8"
William Vandyke Patton (British, 19th Century)
Portrait of a gentleman
n.d. · Watercolor · 9 1/2" x 7 1/2"
Frederick Rushing Roe (British/American, 1864-1947)
Gypsies in a Landscape
n.d. · Oil on board · 11 1/4" x 9" (sight)
Jay Davenport (b. 1972)
Cobbler's Companion
n.d. · Oil on board · 13 3/4" x 10 3/4" (sight)
Jay Davenport (American, b. 1972)
Love You to the Moon and Back
n.d. · Oil on board · 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" (sight)
Jay Davenport (b. 1972)
Thanks, Tonto
n.d. · Oil on board · 9 1/2" x 7 1/2"
Simoni
Still Life in Red
1948 · Oil on board · 20" x 28"
Dennis Alphin
Texas landscape with Bluebonnets
Oil on canvas · 24" x 36"
Artist unknown
Woman in a Park
n.d. · Oil on canvas · 24" x 36"
Artist unknown
Three Women in a Park
n.d. · Oil on canvas · 24" x 36"
Joseph Tomanek (Czechosolvak/American, 1889-1974)
Seven Women in a Garden
n.d. · Oil on canvas · 30" x 40"
Gert-Jan Veenstra (Dutch/Frisian, b. 1957)
Dutch Harbor Scene
Oil on canvas · 20" x 28"
Jean Marquand
Cattle in a Pasture
n.d. · Oil on canvas · 16" x 20"
Emil Christensen Biorn (Norwegian/American, 1864-1935)
Rutted Country Lane with Red Barn
n.d. · Oil on canvas · 21" x 30"
Rex Goreleigh (American, 1902-1986)
Country road and two barns
n.d. · Watercolor · 14" x 21" (sight)
Rex Goreleigh (American, 1902-1986)
Study for The Red Barn
c. 1945 · Watercolor · 14" x 19 1/2" (sight)
Bror Alexander Utter (1913-1993)
Spring landscape
1967 · Watercolor · 14" x 21"
Artist unknown
First Mesa, Arizona
1986 · Oil on canvas · 48" x 54"
Illegibly signed by the artist, front and back.
John Meigs (1916-2003)
New Mexico landscape
1960 · Gouache · 18" x 28"
Peter Lanz Hohnstedt (1872-1957)
Mountain landscape
n.d. · Oil on canvas · 24" x 30"
John Chumley (1928-1984)
From Paris Mountain, Virginia
c. 1965 · Dry brush watercolor · 24" x 40"
Artist unknown
Madonna and Child
n.d. · Oil on panel · 22" x 18.5". Overall, 29" x 25"
Approximately 175 years old.
L. Marin Moreno (dates unknown)
An Entertainment
Oil on canvas · 26" x 38"
Since 1935
The oldest gallery in Fort Worth, still run by the family that started it.
Dow Art Galleries opened in 1935 and has been on Camp Bowie ever since — through the war, through the Cultural District growing up around it, through three generations of the same family. Greg Dow has been doing this work for more than forty-eight years.
You'll get the same level of service and workmanship whether your art is worth $50 or $5,000.
A good deal of what comes through the door isn't valuable to anyone but the person carrying it. A grandmother's portrait. A wedding photograph that got wet. A frame that came off the wall. It gets the same bench, the same hands and the same care as anything else.
Bror Alexander Utter (1913–1993), Spring landscape, 1967. Watercolour. Utter spent his whole life in Fort Worth and was one of the four founders of the Fort Worth Circle; his work is in the Amon Carter's collection, a mile up the road.
Come by
3330 Camp Bowie Boulevard.
In the Cultural District, a few minutes from the Kimbell and the Amon Carter. Park out front. No appointment needed for an estimate.