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Whitney Western Art Museum

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

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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June 30, 2025

Brushstrokes of a Nation: Golden Gate, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran’s “Golden Gate, Yellowstone National Park,” 1893. 4.75…

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Josh Elliot (b. 1973). Morning Blue, n.d. Oil on linen. Museum Purchase from William E. Weiss Memorial Fund. 1.18 (detail)
June 25, 2025

Today’s West

Today’s West Mezzanine Level Overlooking the Hub Today’s West brings a fresh lens to the American West with modern stylized artwork selected…

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Silver Tip Grizzly Bear -- Rocky Mountains, Alberta- Rungius, Carl- oil on canvas 16.93.4
June 18, 2025

Carl Rungius and the Silver-Tipped Grizzly: A Legacy in Western Wildlife Art

A silver tipped grizzly lives in the Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. No cause for…

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