judges, from social 'items' to good-ol'-boys... Her warmth and openness made people feel welcome and important." In a 2013 feature on "the most influential Houstonians of all time," Houstonia Magazine wrote, "People loved Margaret Webb Dreyer's …mid-century Saturday night salons …where today's celebrated art scene may well have been born, and the guest list glittered with anti-Vietnam activists (Jane Fonda) and renegade filmmakers (Robert Altman)." The Houston Chronicle's Ann Holmes said in an obituary, "She was a tall woman from whom the grand scale was in order. Her penetrating, dark eyes glowed as she spoke with energy and dramatic gesture... she shone in Houston's emerging art scene when it took a lot more courage to be unconventional..." And Houston Post art writer Mimi Crossley said, "Maggie's absolute freedom, her hospitality, big floppy hats and committed heart put the art scene in Houston on the side of human rights and general soul. To a large extent, she made it an art-for-artist's scene, and set the stage for those of us who walk on it now." References Books and periodicals Hastings, Peter Falk, ed, Who Was Who in American Art: 400 Years of Artists in America, 1564–1975 (3 volumes) (1999). Rose, Barbara and Susie Kalil, Fresh Paint: The Houston School: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston (Texas Monthly Press, 1985). Chapman, Betty Trapp, Houston Women: Invisible Threads in the Tapestry, pp. 116–7, 136. Brutyan, Cheryl A., In Our Time: Houston's Contemporary Arts Museum, 1945–1982 (1982). Grauer, Paula and Michael Grauer, Dictionary of Texas Artists (1999) Dunbier, Lonnie Pearson, The Artists Bluebook : 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005. Who's Who in American Art (Jacques Cattell Press), 11th–15th editions. Kay, Ernest, ed, Dictionary of International Biography, multiple editions. Lightman, Paul, Artists/USA, multiple editions. Hughes, Candice, "Tribute to Maggie," Houston Breakthrough, March 1977. Levy, Sandra J., "Texas Project," Archives of American Art Journal (Vol. 2, No. 4, 1982). Editors, "Artist of the Month: Margaret Webb Dreyer," Houston Scene, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 1976. Chapman, Betty T., Houston Heritage: Aspiring Artists Painted First Picture of Future Cultural Center, Houston Business Journal, Sept. 1, 2006. Margaret Webb Dreyer, artist, gallery owner, dies at age 59 (sic, age incorrect), Dec. 18, 1976 Houston Chronicle. Holmes, Ann, "Satisfaction in Maggie's last five songs," Houston Chronicle, April 28, 1977. Holmes, Ann, "Margaret Dreyer Still Imaginative, Vital Artist," Houston Chronicle. External links Margaret Webb Dreyer Papers, Archives of