Frank Perely Fairbanks was a classmate of Phimister Proctor’s, the famous American sculptor, at the American Academy in Rome. Fairbanks who himself was a portraitist… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Charles M. Russell Self-Portrait
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2018 Charles M. Russell Self-Portrait This self-portrait pictures artist Charles M. Russell at age thirty-six, striking a… Read More
Museum Minute: Morning Blue
Josh Elliot is a Montana born and raised artist of Western landscape. Karen McWhorter, the curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, said Elliot’s landscapes… Read More
Museum Minute: A Lone Bear
Back in 2015, when Karen McWhorter just started her position as curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, she was interviewed for a magazine. One… Read More
Museum Minute: I-80 Energy Romance
Don Stinson is a contemporary artist who uses traditional methods and materials. His painting… Read More
Points West Online: A Public Monument: Theodore Roosevelt, “Rough Rider”
Originally published in Points West magazine Winter 2008 A Public Monument: Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider By Stuart Gunn Former Assistant Registrar, Whitney Western Art Museum’s… Read More
Museum Minute: The Self-Portrait of a Sculptor
Alexander Phimister Proctor was a known as the sculptor in buckskin. Born in Canada, he fell in love with the American West and most… Read More
Museum Minute: The Heyday of the Fur Trade
The painter, Alfred Jacob Miller, was an early artist explorer depicting the American West. But it turns out, he only went out to the… Read More
A Look Back at Michele Farrier’s Time as Artist-in-Residence
A native of northern California, Michele Farrier now calls Cortez, Colorado home. She received a BA in Studio Art from the University of California –… Read More
Artist-in-Residence Jeff Rudolph demonstrates in Whitney Western Art Museum July 16–20, 2018
For the week of July 16–20, 2018, visitors to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Whitney Western Art Museum have the opportunity to interact… Read More
