Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2014 Winold Reiss was a German born artist, who immigrated to the United States in 1913. He had studied fine art at […]
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Treasures from Our West: “Araujia Sericifera” by Penelope Gottlieb
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2014 Araujia Sericifera by Penelope Gottlieb Penelope Gottlieb’s Araujia Sericifera addresses how invasive plant species cause harm to native North American animal […]
Treasures from Our West: James Earle Fraser’s “End of the Trail”
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2013 End of the Trail by James Earle Fraser James Earle Fraser’s sculpture End of the Trail succinctly and pointedly summarized American […]
Treasures from Our West: “Yellowstone Canyon” by Gunnar Widforss
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2012 Born in Sweden, artist Gunnar Widforss visited the United States in 1921 and never left, enthralled by the natural beauty of […]
Treasures from Our West: “When Law Dulls the Edge of Chance” by Charles M. Russell
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Winter 2011 When Law Dulls the Edge of Chance by Charles M. Russell The Royal Canadian Mounted Police held a special place in […]
Treasures from Our West: Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2011 The Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt’s painting The Last of the Buffalo gives us a glimpse into […]