On May 9, 2016, the American bison (or, buffalo) was named the first national mammal of the United States of America. This recognition underscores the significant strides made by the species, which faced extinction in the early twentieth century. The Whitney Western Art Museum recently acquired a work of art that played a part in […]
Sculptor Linda Raynolds (b. 1953) was one of the Whitney Western Art Museum’s artists in residence for the 2014 season at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. As a resident, Raynolds took advantage of and inspiration from the Draper Natural History Museum’s Raptor Experience, focusing her time and her artistic efforts […]
Sculptor, Jeffrey Burnham Rudolph (b. 1956), was one of this year’s artists in residence in the Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. In this interview, Rudolph discusses his journey as an artist, his work, and provides commentary on the process of turning a clay sculpture into a […]
We are thrilled to have the beautiful bronze relief sculpted by Charles Cary Rumsey back in the Whitney Western Art Museum. “Buffalo Hunt” was sculpted by American Artist C.C. Rumsey and made at the Parisian foundry H. Rouard. “Buffalo Hunt” just returned from the Go West exhibition at the High Museum of Art. The High Museum […]
Since 2011, our monumental bronze statue, Code of the West, 2006, was located offsite at the Yellowstone Regional Airport in Cody. It served as our artwork of welcome for those flying into Cody, alongside our other airport sculpture, Big Hal, cast in 2003 by artist Michael Coleman. To celebrate our new name and look—the Buffalo Bill Center of […]
Curious about an artist’s process? This video comes to you from our archives and showcases how a sculpture is made, taking you all the way from the clay form to the finished bronze piece. The star and narrator in the film is our own preparator, Jeff Rudolph, who is an accomplished artist and sculptor in […]