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American frontier life : early Western painting and prints / Ron Tyler [and others] ; introduction by Peter H. Hassrick.

First edition.

Fort Worth, Texas : Amon Carter Museum ; New York : Abbeville Press, 1987.

©1987

202 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

This publication presents recent research in the field of western American narrative painting, and focuses on nine artists who helped to develop the images of the trapper, flatboatman, pioneer, Indian, and other American "types." It shows the familiar paintings of George Caleb Bingham in context with those of less-known artists such as William Rauney and Charles Wilmar and the relatively unknown works of Charles Deas. The essays demonstrate how the images of these and other artists were related to literature and to the popular prints through which they were transmitted to a wide audience. Narrative painting was especially prevalent in the years 1830 to 1860, when much of the public perception of the West was formed, and the scenes of the familiar--of everyday life--helped the unfamiliar and exotic West become an integral part of America's concept of itself. ISBN 0-89659-691-5: $39.95 (For use only in the library).

Frontier and pioneer life in art -- Exhibitions.

Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Exhibitions.

Indians of North America -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions.

Art, American -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.

Exhibition catalogs.

Illustrated works.

Hassrick, Peter H., writer of introduction.

Tyler, Ronnie C., 1941-

Amon Carter Museum of Western Art.

Buffalo Bill Historical Center.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Issued in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Amon Carter Museum and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, and held at the center, June 12-Sept. 10, 1987, the museum, Oct. 17, 1987-Jan. 3, 1988, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Jan. 28-Apr. 22, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Peter H. Hassrick -- George Caleb Bingham, the native talent / Ron Tyler -- Charles Deas / Carol Clark -- William Ranney / Linda Ayres -- Arthur F. Tait / Warder H. Cadbury -- The American Indian genre paintings of Catlin, Stanley, Wimar, Eastman, and Miller / Herman J. Viola, with H. B. Crothers and Maureen Hannan -- The prints of life in the West, 1840-60 / Bernard Reilly, Jr. -- Exhibition checklist.

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