F.O.C.
Darley, Emigrants Crossing the Plains, 1874, hand-colored engraving, 5 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches; private collection
Indians, trappers, traders, settlers, the Pony Express,
and railroad construction are all subjects illustrated in
hand-colored lithographs and wood engravings in Artists
of the American West. The artists featured—John
J. Audubon, Albert Bierstadt, Karl Bodmer, George Catlin,
Frederic Remington, and John Mix Stanley, among others—were
key participants in the discovery of a "new world." Prints
done after the original drawings and paintings were created
primarily to provide "news" of the romantic and sometimes
dangerous West as it was revealed through exploration.
The art of the American West is inseparable from the history of the frontier during the period that it took to explore the rivers, cross the mountains, and find the way to the Pacific Ocean. As European traditions of landscape and portrait painting were applied to American subject matter, images were created that embodied the energy and optimism inherent in the expansion of American society in the West. This kind of documentation, while basically factual, was largely biased by an overwhelming desire to promote and settle the new territory. While those works are colored by romanticism,
they are valuable records of what the artists rightly perceived to be a vanishing way of life.
Artists of the American West is supplemented by two videotapes, Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days and Views of a Vanishing Frontier, produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Extensive educational materials accompany the exhibition and include an Explorer's Book for children, biographical information on the artists, and a Western Explorer's Timeline.
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 Subsidized
rental fee:
$1,900 for 5-week display
Regional
rental fee:
$1,425 for 5-week display
Exhibition
content:
48 hand-colored
lithographs and wood engravings
Curator:
Norman Geske, former Director,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln/Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
and Sculpture Garden
Essayist:
Amanda Rees, PhD, Assistant Professor,
University of Wyoming, Billings
Organized by:
ExhibitsUSA
Security:
Moderate B
Shipping:
Van line
Running feet:
200-250
Fee includes:
 Educational
materials:
 Text
panels
Narrative
identification labels
Programming
guide
Reproducible
gallery guide
Videos
Publicity
packet
Registrar's
packet
Full
insurance
Installation
instructions
Custom
designed and built crates
Tour Schedule:
February 3,
2003–March 10, 2003, CSU Dominguez Hills;
Carson, California
March 25, 2003–June 20, 2003, Kansas State Historical
Society; Topeka, Kansas
July 5, 2003–August 16, 2003, City of Allen; Allen,
Texas
September 1, 2003 October 5, 2003, Mari Sandoz High Plains
Heritage Center; Chadron, Nebraska
October 21, 2003–November 30, 2003, Central Methodist
College; Fayette, Missouri
December 15, 2003–January 19, 2004, Dawson County
Hist Museum; Lexington, Nebraska
February 3, 2004–March 10, 2004, The Lamont Gallery;
Exeter, New Hampshire
March 25, 2004–April 30, 2004, Museum of the Cherokee
Strip; Enid, Oklahoma
May 15, 2004–June 20, 2004, River Valley Pioneer
Museum; Canadian, Texas
July 5, 2004–August 16, 2004, Joliet Area Historical
Museum; Joliet, Illinois
September 1, 2004–October 5, 2004, Michelson Museum
of Art; Marshall, Texas
October 21, 2004–November 30, 2004, Guachoya Cultural
Arts Center; Lake Village, Arkansas
December 15, 2004–January 19, 2005, Chisholm Trail
Heritage Center; Duncan, Oklahoma
March 25, 2005–June 20, 2005, The Museum of Art
& History; Santa Cruz, California
July 5, 2005–October 5, 2005, The Haggin Museum;
Stockton, California
For
more information:
E-mail or call Molly Alspaugh
or Rachel Saalweachter at
1-800-473-3872.
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