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A blog about the collections, exhibits, and goings-on of the Whitney Western Art Museum.

R. Farrington Elwell (1874 – 1962). Pahaska Tepee Hunting Camp, 1904. Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 60 inches. Bequest in memory of Houx and Newell families. 12.64
October 22, 2025

Long Hair’s Lodge: The Story of Pahaska Teepee

The Impending Winter October in Cody means many things: colder weather, shorter days, frosty nights, hunting season, and the impending closure of…

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Joseph Henry Sharp's "Squaws Preparing Sweat Teepee; [Preparing for the Medicine Sweat]," ca 1922. 5.74
September 24, 2025

Discover the Legacy of the Taos Society of Artists

The Whitney Western Art Museum at Buffalo Bill Center of the West proudly houses an exceptional collection of works by Joseph Henry…

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Kathy Wipfler; oil-on-board; Bequest of Nancy-Carroll Draper; 2.08.2
September 9, 2025

A Fleeting Season: Indian Summer in History and Art

First Use of “Indian Summer” In 1778 in his collection of essays called Letters from an American Farmer, French immigrant St. John…

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The 1994 oil painting, “A Flight from Destiny,” by Bill Schenck, shows a fleeing cowboy wielding a horse pistol as he checks behind for pursuers. Oil on canvas. Gift of The Alexander Bodini Foundation, in memory of Alexander Bodini. 1.95
August 12, 2025

Flight from Destiny: Western Grit in Color

Fusion of Styles For a clear example of photo-realism fused with pop art, look no further than the amazing artwork of Billy…

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Henry Howard Bagg (1852-1928). Buffalo Bill's TE Ranch, ca. 1910. Southwest of Cody, Wyoming, along the South Fork of the Shoshone River. Museum purchase, Garlow Collection. 150.69
August 6, 2025

The TE Ranch in American Memory

A Window into the West Just outside the Coe Auditorium at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West hangs an iconic painting…

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July 8, 2025

Echoes of the Painted West: John Clymer’s Gold Train

Gold in the Hills! Colonel Mulberry Sellers in Mark Twain’s satirical novel The American Claimant prophetically decreed, “There’s gold in them thar…

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