Frank Perely Fairbanks was a classmate of Phimister Proctor’s, the famous American sculptor, at the American Academy in Rome. Fairbanks who himself was a portraitist… Read More
I Art Whitney
A blog about the collections, exhibits, and goings-on of the Whitney Western Art Museum.
Museum Minute: Morning Blue
Josh Elliot is a Montana born and raised artist of Western landscape. Karen McWhorter, the curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, said Elliot’s landscapes… Read More
Museum Minute: A Lone Bear
Back in 2015, when Karen McWhorter just started her position as curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, she was interviewed for a magazine. One… Read More
Museum Minute: I-80 Energy Romance
Don Stinson is a contemporary artist who uses traditional methods and materials. His painting… Read More
Museum Minute: The Self-Portrait of a Sculptor
Alexander Phimister Proctor was a known as the sculptor in buckskin. Born in Canada, he fell in love with the American West and most… Read More
Museum Minute: The Heyday of the Fur Trade
The painter, Alfred Jacob Miller, was an early artist explorer depicting the American West. But it turns out, he only went out to the… Read More
A Look Back at Michele Farrier’s Time as Artist-in-Residence
A native of northern California, Michele Farrier now calls Cortez, Colorado home. She received a BA in Studio Art from the University of California –… Read More
Museum Minute: Zoroaster Peak
Thomas Moran was one of the artist documenting the expansion to the West. He was on the first formal expedition in 1871 to Yellowstone… Read More
Albert Bierstadt: A Conservationist
Albert Bierstadt—He’s a late 19th-century artist, most well-known for his majestic landscape paintings of the Wind River Range, Yellowstone, and the American West. But… Read More
Museum Minute: Where Elegance Meets Fear
It’s a weird story not often told at museums since it’s against the rules. But at the Whitney Western Museum of Art there’s… Read More
