Western Art Collector
本期內容
ArticleOn the Cover
Charles and Nancy Russell on the steps at Bull Head Lodge, artist unknown, 1907, photograph, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, Tu2009.39.275.14a-b. On view in Russell’s Retreat: Summers at Glacier National Park at the Sid Richardson Museum, Fort...
ArticleThe Cowboy Artist
As we celebrate Charles M. Russell this month, I’ve been reading through the many great Russell books that have been written about the painter, sculptor and cowboy. And the one I keep coming back to is his own book, Trails Plowed Under. The...
ArticleJivan Lee, Expansive,
oil on panel, 90 x 48 in.
ArticleCharles M. Russell: The Original Cowboy Artist
The most definitive American art genre is Western art. Among its artists, rare ones are not mere painters or sculptors but myth makers shaping the idea of the American West in the public’s imagination. One that stands above others is...
ArticleJivan Lee: Direct Observation
Jivan Lee revels in the viscous qualities of oil paint. In his 12-by-12-inch painting Process #1 - Lightning Squall, the paint itself is as important as the way he uses it to suggest a storm passing over a Northern New Mexico landscape. “I...