Supported by a foundation of 21 years of experience in the museum, retail art and professional art research industry, Lisa Garcia opened LJG Art Appraisal/Research Services LLC in 2010. Garcia is a certified appraiser of personal property (CAPP) with certified membership in the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) and the North Texas chapter of the International Society of Appraisers (NTISA.) She is qualified to perform personal property appraisals and specializes in early, mid-century and contemporary American art, namely of Texas and the West.
Though a native of El Paso, Garcia received her bachelor’s degree in art history from Trinity University. Prior to returning to San Antonio, she spent two years working as a curatorial assistant at the El Paso Museum of Art and two years of graduate studies concentrated in Spanish colonial art at New Mexico State University. She received her master’s degree in art history, theory and criticism from the University of Texas at San Antonio, with a concentration in contemporary American and Latin American art.
Garcia spent five years with Carrington Gallery in San Antonio, where she assisted clients with research and procurement of fine art from local, national and international galleries and auction houses and coordinated exhibitions of various artists. The focus at Carrington Gallery was on the artworks of contemporary American and Latin American artists and also highlighted local and regional artists. She also managed the research, implementation, and budgets for the San Antonio Spurs’ art collections at the AT&T Center, from the construction phase to the post-construction phase, and at the Spurs practice facility. In addition to direct art purchasing, this project included site-specific commissions and long and short-term loans from local and national collections. In the Spring of 2015 Garcia and Alice Carrington Foultz were engaged to help build the art collection with additional site-specific commissions and new art additions during the renovation of the AT&T Center, as well as reinstall the entire collection for a fresh, new look when the building re-opened on October 18, 2015.
During that same time Garcia began her work with Harry Halff Fine Art, where she primarily worked on research and cataloguing for the Julian Onderdonk catalogue raisonné. At HHFA she also researched various other early Texas artists, including Robert Onderdonk, Jose Arpa, and Mary Bonner, among others. Her research included accessing primary and secondary sources in archives housed in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Museum, the New York Public Library, and the New York and Staten Island Historical Societies. She worked for 15 years with HHFA and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to bring the Onderdonk catalogue raisonné to publication and release in October 2016.
Garcia brings her talents of research and reporting to create quality fine art appraisals. Her work with the Onderdonk catalogue raisonné has developed into a clear and concise understanding of collections management and has created a strong sense of helping clients to answer questions regarding authenticity of their art. Garcia also has ties to local, regional and national art restorers to assist clients in the conservation of their artwork.
Though a native of El Paso, Garcia received her bachelor’s degree in art history from Trinity University. Prior to returning to San Antonio, she spent two years working as a curatorial assistant at the El Paso Museum of Art and two years of graduate studies concentrated in Spanish colonial art at New Mexico State University. She received her master’s degree in art history, theory and criticism from the University of Texas at San Antonio, with a concentration in contemporary American and Latin American art.
Garcia spent five years with Carrington Gallery in San Antonio, where she assisted clients with research and procurement of fine art from local, national and international galleries and auction houses and coordinated exhibitions of various artists. The focus at Carrington Gallery was on the artworks of contemporary American and Latin American artists and also highlighted local and regional artists. She also managed the research, implementation, and budgets for the San Antonio Spurs’ art collections at the AT&T Center, from the construction phase to the post-construction phase, and at the Spurs practice facility. In addition to direct art purchasing, this project included site-specific commissions and long and short-term loans from local and national collections. In the Spring of 2015 Garcia and Alice Carrington Foultz were engaged to help build the art collection with additional site-specific commissions and new art additions during the renovation of the AT&T Center, as well as reinstall the entire collection for a fresh, new look when the building re-opened on October 18, 2015.
During that same time Garcia began her work with Harry Halff Fine Art, where she primarily worked on research and cataloguing for the Julian Onderdonk catalogue raisonné. At HHFA she also researched various other early Texas artists, including Robert Onderdonk, Jose Arpa, and Mary Bonner, among others. Her research included accessing primary and secondary sources in archives housed in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Museum, the New York Public Library, and the New York and Staten Island Historical Societies. She worked for 15 years with HHFA and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to bring the Onderdonk catalogue raisonné to publication and release in October 2016.
Garcia brings her talents of research and reporting to create quality fine art appraisals. Her work with the Onderdonk catalogue raisonné has developed into a clear and concise understanding of collections management and has created a strong sense of helping clients to answer questions regarding authenticity of their art. Garcia also has ties to local, regional and national art restorers to assist clients in the conservation of their artwork.
