Painter Thomas Moran visited Yellowstone National Park in 1871. A year before, Yellowstone became the world’s first national park. Moran traveled to Yellowstone on a formal expedition to document both in text and imagery of the place to the world. “Moran was tasked with bringing color to Yellowstone,” said Karen McWhorter, the curator of the […]
The Whitney Western Art Museum has a studio collection of Joseph Henry Sharp. He is best known as a Tao Society artist, but he also spent time in Montana. Karen McWhorter, the museum’s curator, said he spent his winters in Montana and his summers in New Mexico. He built a cabin in Crow Agency. “It […]
The Whitney Western Art Museum commissioned a painting for the Invisible Boundaries Exhibition. The exhibition explored Yellowstone National Park’s animal migrations. James Prosek ended up painting what is now titled, “Yellowstone Composition #1.” It is very big at 120 by 120 inches. Karen McWhorter, the Whitney Western Art Museum curator, said it’s mostly in black […]
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 […]
Sally James Farnham was a sculptor from a prominent family in upstate New York. Farnham didn’t start sculpting until she was 32. “She began modeling in clay while she was recuperating from an illness. Her husband thought it might just keep her busy and keep her hands active,” said Karen McWhorter, the curator of the […]
Charles Carey Rumsey was an American sculptor who is most well known for depicting polo players and equestrian subjects. He was a pretty well known polo player himself. But occasionally, Rumsey went down the Western theme, depicting bison and horses. One of those sculptures was a low relief titled, The Buffalo Hunt. Karen McWhorter, the curator of […]