Dubina Painted Church 2
Fisheye view of one of the famous painted churches around Schulenburg, TX. Beginning in the 1850s, the area was settled by immigrants from Austria, Bohemia, and Moravia, and they wanted churches that resembled the ones they left behind in Europe. Not having the same building materials they had in the old country, they used paint to simulate them. E.g., the churches' wooden columns resemble marble or limestone, depending on the particular church, and they went all-out in assembling the statuary and other religious items around the altar.
Dubina Painted Church 2
Fisheye view of one of the famous painted churches around Schulenburg, TX. Beginning in the 1850s, the area was settled by immigrants from Austria, Bohemia, and Moravia, and they wanted churches that resembled the ones they left behind in Europe. Not having the same building materials they had in the old country, they used paint to simulate them. E.g., the churches' wooden columns resemble marble or limestone, depending on the particular church, and they went all-out in assembling the statuary and other religious items around the altar.