19th-21st Century Western Genre Art: Resource Library articles and essays from 2008 to 2009

19th-21st Century Western Genre Art

Including Cowboy Art and Lore of the Historic West

(above: George Catlin, Comanche Indians Chasing Buffalo with Lances and Bows, c. 1846-48, oil on canvas, 19.5 x 27.5 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1985.66.564. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

17 Resource Library articles and essays honoring the American experience through its art from 2008 to 2009:

Clicking on titles takes readers directly to these articles and essays. The date at the end of each title is the Resource Library publication date.

The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture (1/17/09)

Allen True's West (11/13/09)

Will James: The Hays Collection (7/11/09)

An Artist with the Corps of Discovery: One Hundred Paintings Illustrating the Journals of Lewis and Clark (7/10/09)

Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller (1/23/09)

Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller / Introduction: "Scenes That Do Him Much Honor"; essay by Lisa Strong (11/19/08)

Don Ray: A Rerospective (11/8/08)

Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller (8/9/08)

A Brush With Reality - Detailing the West in Contemporary Art; essay by Susan Hallsten McGarry (7/10/08)

Edward Borein, The Artist's Life and Work; essay by Robyn G. Peterson (6/13/08)

My Youth With Western Artists (4/28/08)

Defining the West; essay by Roger Dunbier, PhD (4/15/08)

Early Painters/Recent Painters; essay by Roger Dunbier, PhD (3/1/08)

Remington Looking West (2/20/08)

BOTHERED BY DEFINITIONS: Is that still life western?; essay by Roger Dunbier, PhD (1/10/08)

WHAT'S A WESTERN ARTIST?: "Is it really true that the most Western are the most Eastern?"; essay by Roger Dunbier, PhD (1/7/08)

WHAT'S WESTERN ART?; essay by Roger Dunbier, PhD (1/6/08)

(above: Henry F. Farny, Council of the Chiefs, 1896, watercolor, gouache and gum arabic on glaze, 17 x 28 inches, given by C.R. Smith, Blanton Museum of Art, G1972.8.14?. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

(above: Henry F. Farny, Indian Elk Hunting, c. 1902, oil on canvas, 28 1/8 x 15 1/16 inches, Cincinnati Art Museum. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons*)

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