Originally published in Points West magazine Summer 2009 On the heels of Lewis and Clark: Charles Fritz follows the inspiring visions of western artist-explorers By… Read More
Bierstadt: George Catlin and the National Park Idea
When George Catlin traveled up the Missouri River into present-day Montana, he admired the Native American peoples of the Great Plains and observed the bison… Read More
Bierstadt: Forerunners to Bierstadt
Bierstadt’s painting The Last of the Buffalo served as a final, desperate call to save a species from near-certain annihilation. But he was not the… Read More
Treasures from Our West: “Dear Mr. Catlin…I Love You” by Paul Dyck
Originally published in Points West in Fall 2010 Paul Dyck pays tribute to his idol, George Catlin, one of the first to document the Plains… Read More
Points West Online: Catlin Showed Us
From Points West magazine Originally published in Fall 2000 Catlin Showed Us By Edith Jacobson Former Intern, Whitney Western Art Museum By the 1830s America was beginning what… Read More
Points West Online: Ceremonial Pipes in the Plains Indian Museum
From Points West magazine Originally published in Summer 1994 Ceremonial Pipes in the Plains Indian Museum By Emma I. Hansen Curator Emerita, Plains Indian Museum… Read More
Points West Online: John James Audubon
From Points West magazine Originally published in Spring 2000 John James Audubon: Feathers to Fur By Sarah E. Boehme, PhD Former Whitney Western Art Museum… Read More
Art scholar addresses Albert Bierstadt painting “Last of the Buffalo”
In 1832, artist George Catlin appealed to Americans to pay attention to the West, and its exceptional people and resources. He feared that the bison… Read More