Terra Museum of American Art
Chicago, IL
312-664-3939
The American West: Out
of Myth, Into Reality
Some 120-plus paintings and sculptures
(c. 1825-1925) curated by Peter Hassrick, noted expert on Western Art, will
be featured in an exhibition, "The American West: Out of Myth, Into
Reality," to open Saturday, June 24, 2000, at Terra Museum of American
Art, continuing through Sunday, September 17, 2000. This major exhibition
presents not only landscapes of the American West, but also its major myths,
themes and heroes. "The American West: Out of Myth, Into Reality"
will be viewed through the lens of recent scholarship that has generated
fresh and sometimes controversial insights into the subject of American
West and American Identity. Among the artists represented are Thomas Moran,
Frederic Remington, Georgia O'Keeffe, Newell Convers Wyeth, Charles M. Russell,
George Catlin and Albert Bierstadt. (left: John Gast, American
Progress, 1873, oil on canvas, Chromolithograph by George A. Crofutt,
Library of Congress)
left to right: Albert Bierstadt, El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California
1875, oil on canvas, The Toledo Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Rike, Toledo; Frederic Remington, Marching in the Desert, 1888, oil
on canvas, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming; Georgia O'Keeffe,
Ranchos Church No. 1, 1929, oil on canvas, Norton Museum of Art; Charles
M. Russell, A Bronc Twister, 1920, Bronze, Montana Historical Society,
Gift of Eugene E. Wilson in memory of Eugene Talmadge Wilson
"The American West: Out of Myth, Into Reality"
was organized by The Trust for Museum Exhibitions and the Mississippi Museum
of Art. It premiered at the Mississippi Museum February 12 - June 6, 2000
(see our article The American West: Out of Myth, Into
Reality (2/19/00), then travels to Terra Museum; and finally is exhibited
at The Toledo Museum of Art on October 8 - December 31, 2000.
rev. 3/31/00
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Museum of American Art in Resource Library
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cited above please see America's Distinguished
Artists, a national registry of historic artists.
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rev. 1/6/11
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Some 120-plus paintings and sculptures
(c. 1825-1925) curated by Peter Hassrick, noted expert on Western Art, will
be featured in an exhibition, "The American West: Out of Myth, Into
Reality," to open Saturday, June 24, 2000, at Terra Museum of American
Art, continuing through Sunday, September 17, 2000. This major exhibition
presents not only landscapes of the American West, but also its major myths,
themes and heroes. "The American West: Out of Myth, Into Reality"
will be viewed through the lens of recent scholarship that has generated
fresh and sometimes controversial insights into the subject of American
West and American Identity. Among the artists represented are Thomas Moran,
Frederic Remington, Georgia O'Keeffe, Newell Convers Wyeth, Charles M. Russell,
George Catlin and Albert Bierstadt. (left: John Gast, American
Progress, 1873, oil on canvas, Chromolithograph by George A. Crofutt,
Library of Congress)
