Whitney Western Art Museum
A blog about the collections, exhibits, and goings-on of the Whitney Western Art Museum.
Forged & Founded: Western American Sculpture, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney as Sculptor
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney is best known for her role as an art patron and the founder of New York’s Whitney Museum of…
Forged & Founded: Western American Sculpture, Linda Raynolds
The Whitney staff recently had the chance to visit Linda Raynolds at her studio. She introduced us to the tools she uses…
Forged & Founded: Western American Sculpture, Tracy Linder
Tracy Linder grew up on a family farm and received her MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Linder now lives…
Center of the West announces full lineup of presenters for sculpture symposium
Preparations are ramping up for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Forged and Founded—Western American Sculpture symposium on Saturday, June 17,…
Forged & Founded: Western American Sculpture, A New Bronze Age
The ancient technique of casting sculpture in bronze took a fresh turn in 1849, when Henry Kirke Brown created Choosing of the…
Forged & Founded: Western American Sculpture, Alexander Phimister Proctor
The Whitney Western Art Museum houses studio collections of four western American artists: Frederic Remington, W.H.D. Koerner, Joseph Henry Sharp, and Alexander…