Millard Sheets
In 1929 he won second prize in the Texas Wildflowers Competitive Exhibitions, and the generous award allowed Sheets to travel to Europe for a year to further his art education.  By the early 1930s he began to achieve national recognition as a prominent American artist.  He was exhibiting in Paris, New York City, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Houston, St. Louis, San Antonio, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and many other cities throughout the United States.  In Los Angeles he was recognized as the leading figure and driving force behind the California Style watercolor movement.