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American frontier life : early Western painting and prints /

This publication presents recent research in the field of western American narrative painting, and focuses on nine artists who helped to develop the images of the trapper, flatboatman, pioneer, Indian, and other American "types." It shows the familiar paintings of George Caleb Bingham in c...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Other Authors: Tyler, Ronnie C., 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Fort Worth, Tex. : New York : Amon Carter Museum ; Abbeville Press, [1987]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
West (U.S.) > In art > Exhibitions.
Frontier and pioneer life in art > Exhibitions.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > Exhibitions.
Indians of North America > Pictorial works > Exhibitions.
Art, American > Exhibitions.
Art, American > 19th century > Exhibitions.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Peter H. Hassrick
  • George Caleb Bingham, the native talent / Ron Tyler
  • Charles Deas / Carol Clark
  • William Ranney / Linda Ayres
  • Arthur F. Tait / Warder H. Cadbury
  • The American Indian genre paintings of Catlin, Stanley, Wimar, Eastman, and Miller / Herman J. Viola, with H. B. Crothers and Maureen Hannan
  • The prints of life in the West, 1840-60 / Bernard Reilly, Jr.
  • Exhibition checklist.