ELARUE
Some call her a Yellow Rose of Texas and some call her a Renaissance Lady but this Fort Worth Texan is artistically known as E La Rue. Her proper name is Erma Bonner Platte. She does paintings and sketches depicting, nature, Texas flowers, and portraits of African Americans and their life mostly in Texas. Her interest is during the late 19th century and early to mid 20th century. Erma was born July 11, 1934 in Marshall, Texas the county seat of Harrison County (East Texas). She grew up, was reared in and is a resident of Fort Worth, Texas the...more
