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: William Jacob Hays, Champion of the Bison
William Jacob Hays, a friend of Bierstadt’s, was awestruck by the bison herds along the Missouri, and wrote, “On my way down the river I… 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