When a visitor enters the Whitney Western Art Museum one sculpture might confuse the visitor. Choosing of the Arrow by Henry Kirke Brown might remind… Read More
I Art Whitney
A blog about the collections, exhibits, and goings-on of the Whitney Western Art Museum.
“Distant Thunder” sculpture makes its way to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West welcomed a new sculpture to its beautiful grounds on September 6, 2019. Distant Thunder, a stately bronze of… Read More
Museum Minute: An Epic View of the West
When you think of epic western landscapes, what comes to mind is probably those of Albert Bierstadt. Karen McWhorter, the curator of the Whitney Western… Read More
Remington Studio audio
Frederic Remington’s Studio in New Rochelle, New York While Frederic Remington worked from his studio in New Rochelle, New York, friends and neighbors Jack Summerhayes… Read More
Center shares Carl Rungius paintings with National Museum of Wildlife Art
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West has loaned four significant paintings to the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming, to augment two… Read More
Henry Inman’s “Hoo-Wan-Ne-Ka” and “Shar-I-Tar-Ish”
Henry Inman, Hoo-Wan-Ne-Ka (Little Elk), 21.95.1 and Shar-I-Tar-Ish, 21.95.2 Henry Inman (1801–1846). Hoo-Wan-Ne-Ka (Little Elk), 1832. Oil on canvas, 30.4375 x 25.5625 inches. Gift of… Read More
Frank Perely Fairbanks’s “An Apotheosis of A. Phimister Proctor”
Fairbanks, An Apotheosis of A. Phimister Proctor, 2.18 Frank Perely Fairbanks (1875-1939). An Apotheosis of A. Phimister Proctor, 1927. Oil on linen, 126.5 x 78.75… Read More
Otto Eerelman’s “Buffalo Bill and the Wild West Show”
Eerelman, Buffalo Bill and the Wild West Show, 4.15.2 Otto Eerelman (1839–1926). Buffalo Bill and the Wild West Show, ca. 1887. Watercolor, 27.25 x 38.625… Read More
Alexander Phimister Proctor’s “Self Portrait”
Proctor, Self Portrait, 2.16.9 Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860–1950). Self-Portrait, 1882. Oil on paperboard mounted on canvas, 26 x 22 inches. Gift of A. Phimister Proctor… Read More
William Herbert Dunton’s “Timberline”
Dunton, Timberline, 9.05 William Herbert Dunton (1878–1936). Timberline, 1932. Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches. Gift in Memory of Hal Tate from Naoma Tate… Read More