in 2015 Adickes was born in
Huntsville, Texas, on January 19, 1927. In 1949, Adickes travelled to France to study under
Fernand Léger. After two years, he returned to Texas and began presenting his work. In 1955, Adickes was commissioned to paint a large historical mural of the city of
Houston for the then-new
Houston Club. That fall, he was hired to teach in the Art Department of the
University of Texas at Austin. In 1986, he created
Cornet as a stage prop for the New Orleans World Fair. In 1994, he created
A Tribute to Courage in memory of Houston's namesake,
Sam Houston. In 2004, he created 43 large busts of
American presidents at
Presidents Park, Virginia. In 2006, he erected 60-foot (18 m) statue of
Stephen F. Austin in
Brazoria County, Texas. The busts installed at Houston's
American Statesmanship Park were created in 2008 and donated to Harris County in 2012. In 2012, he turned his old high school in
Huntsville into the Adickes Art Foundation Museum. Adickes died on July 13, 2025, at the age of 98. == Museum collections ==