Not many American impressionists depicted the West. Most painted the East coast and Europe. But Karen McWhorter, the curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, said one American impressionist, John Henry Twachtman, painted a series of Yellowstone National Park. “He ventured West only the one time, and this was relatively late in his life. He passed […]
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Winter 2008 Ed. note: This “treasure” was written by guest essayist Dr. Henry Sayre, Distinguished Professor of Art History at Oregon State University-Cascades in Corvallis, Oregon. Sayre’s essay highlights one of fifty artworks featured in the book, Timeless Treasures, a collection of Whitney Western Art Museum favorites published […]